Youth's Magazine,  3rd ser. 4 (1831), 397–98.

Cave of the Giant's Causeway, Ireland

Anon

Genre:

Miscellaneous

Relevant illustrations:

wdct.

Subjects:

Geology, Aesthetics


    Describes the cave and the basalt from which it is formed. Observes its resemblance to gothic architecture, remarking that 'ideas of sublimity are necessarily associated with such a subject' and that such scenes probably inspired 'the ancient Gothic architects' (398).



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