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Ghoul, mountain, W. co. Cork, near Kerry border.
Ghreosabhaigh, Loch, sea-loch, in E. of Harris, Outer Hebrides.
Giants Bed, 3 m. SE. of Bray Head, NE. Wicklow.
Giants Castle, ancient British camp, St Marys, Scilly Islands, W. Cornwall.
Giants Causeway, prom, of columnar basalt, or, N. coast of co. Antrim, 2½ miles NE. of Bushmills; presents three natural piers, consisting of many thou¬ sands of curiously formed basaltic columns closely piled together, and projecting from the base of a lofty cliff into the sea. It is annually visited by great numbers of tourists, and at the Causeway there is a hotel. An electric tramway extends between Giants Causeway and Portrush ry. sta.
Giants Caves, 2 caves, on N. border of Westmor¬ land, in cliff at side of river Eamont.
Giants Chair, on a height in E. of St Marys, Scilly Islands.
Giants Chair, natural seat in the rocks, overhang¬ ing a deep pool, on Dullan AVater, Mortlach par., Banff.
Giants Cradle, rocking-stone, at Browns Bay, E. co. Antrim, near Larne.
Giants Cut, near Vale of Glendalough, co. AVicklow.
Giants Fort, ancient circular enclosure, Killean and Kilchenzie par., Kintyre, Argyllshire.
Giants Grave.—extremity of Neath Canal, 6 miles NE. of Llanidloes, Montgomeryshire; here coal is shipped in large quantities.—2. Giants Grave, curious ancient monument in Penrith Churchyard, E. Cumberland.
Giants Grave.—hollow space, on Tail Burn, Moffat par., Dumfriesshire, a little below Grey Mares Tail waterfall.—2. Giants Grave, tumulus, Manor par., Peeblesshire, on Glenrath Burn.
Giants Hedge, ancient earthwork, E. Cornwall, ex¬ tending from Trelawny to Fowney, and consisting of ditch and rampart.
Giants Hill, near Cerne Abbas, Dorset; has a gigantic figure cut out on the hillside.
Giants Leg, outer buttress of natural archway, at foot of Bard Head, S. extremity of Bressayisl., Shetland.
Giants Quoit, cromlech, on Boswavas Moor, W. Cornwall, 4 miles NAY. of Penzance; consists of a horizontal stone 18 ft. long and 8 broad, resting at height of 5 ft. on three stone supports ; is also known as Lanyon Cromlech.
Giants Quoiting Stones, 2 blocks of clay slate, Isle of Man, 1 mile NE. of Port St Mary; they are 10 ft. long, 3 broad, and 2 thick.
Giants Bing, 4 miles S. of Belfast, N. co. Down; a circular mound 580 ft. in diameter, with a cromlech in the centre.
Giants Bock, Logan stone (35 tons), at Zennor, W. Cornwall.
Giants Staff, granite pillar (12 ft. high), E. Corn¬ wall, in field between Pentewan and Mount Charles.
Giants Stairs, SE. co. Cork, between Passage and Monkstown; a series of steep rocks rising in tiers from W. side of river Lee.
Giants Steps, hill, near Pitlochry, Perthshire, at talls of Tummel.
Giants Stone, standing stone, in par. and ½ mile SAAL of Tweedsmuir Church, SW. Peeblesshire.
Gib, hamlet, Littleton Drew par., N. Wilts.
Gibbet Hills and Forty Foot Bridge, par., S. Lincolnshire, near Swineshead, pop. 52.
Gibhieston, vil., Auchtergaven par., Perthshire, 3 miles NW. of Bankfoot.
Gibbleston Lodge, at Scalloway, Shetland.
Gibbons Brook, hamlet, Stanford par., E. Kent, 8 miles W. of Folkestone.
Gibbs Cross, in par. and 3 miles NE. of Westruther, Berwickshire ; traditionally a scene of martyrdom.
Gibbs Island, in Lough Strangford, Killyleagh par., co. Down, 12 ac., pop. 8.
Gibbstown, ry. sta., 4 miles N. of Navan, mid. co. Meath ; 2 miles NW. of sta. is Gibbstown House, seat.
Gibliston House, seat, 2 m. NE. of Colinsburgh, Fife.
Gibraltar, or Enslow, landing-wharf on Birmingham and Oxford Canal, in co. and 8 miles N. of Oxford.—2. Gibraltar, hamlet, Ewell par., AY. Surrey.
Gibside, seat, on N. border of Durham, 6 miles SW. of Gateshead. Gazetteer of the British Isles, Statistical and Topographical, by John Bartholomew, F.R.G.S.
Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1887. Public domain image from Gedcomindex.com
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