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Episode 7: A Voyage to the Giant's Causeway
Welcome to the Giant's Causeway, crew! Your captain takes you on a journey to the place that is at the top of her bucket list. We are talking mythology, natural philosophy, and the power of perspective and observation. Listen in!
REFERENCES:
Crawford, K.R., Black, R. Visitor Understanding of the Geodiversity and the Geoconservation Value of the Giant’s Causeway World Heritage Site, Northern Ireland. Geoheritage 4, 115–126 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12371-011-0049-6
Kennedy, A. (2007). In search of the ‘True Prospect’: Making and knowing the giant’s causeway as a field site in the seventeenth century. The British Journal for the History of Science, 41(1), 19–41. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0007087407000349
National Trust. (n.d.). Giant’s Causeway’s history: County Antrim. National Trust. https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/northern-ireland/giants-causeway/history-of-giants-causeway
The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. (2009). Fomoire. In Encyclopaedia Britannica. Retrieved 2025, from https://www.britannica.com/topic/Fomoire/additional-info#history.
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By Captain MollyWelcome to the Giant's Causeway, crew! Your captain takes you on a journey to the place that is at the top of her bucket list. We are talking mythology, natural philosophy, and the power of perspective and observation. Listen in!
REFERENCES:
Crawford, K.R., Black, R. Visitor Understanding of the Geodiversity and the Geoconservation Value of the Giant’s Causeway World Heritage Site, Northern Ireland. Geoheritage 4, 115–126 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12371-011-0049-6
Kennedy, A. (2007). In search of the ‘True Prospect’: Making and knowing the giant’s causeway as a field site in the seventeenth century. The British Journal for the History of Science, 41(1), 19–41. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0007087407000349
National Trust. (n.d.). Giant’s Causeway’s history: County Antrim. National Trust. https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/northern-ireland/giants-causeway/history-of-giants-causeway
The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. (2009). Fomoire. In Encyclopaedia Britannica. Retrieved 2025, from https://www.britannica.com/topic/Fomoire/additional-info#history.