Unusual places of Great Britain

Unusual places of Great Britain

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ENGLAND

Stonehenge

• located in Wiltshire, England, about 2 miles (3 km) west of Amesbury and 8 miles (13 km) north of Salisbury
• is the remains of a ring of standing stones set within earthworks
• was constructed from 3000 BC to 2000 BC

• stones were transported from Wales to Salisbury Plain
• a kind of astronomical clock
• one of the most famous and mysterious archaeological sites of Gr. Britain

Beachy Head

• a chalk headland in East Sussex, England
• the highest chalk sea cliff in Britain, 162 meters (531 ft) above sea level
• has nothing to do with beach, the original French words - "beautiful headland" (beau chef).

• one of the most notorious suicide spots in the world - up to 20 cases of suicide a year
• in addition to the great views, attraction for tourists is also lighthouses

Scotland

Loch Ness

• in the Scottish Highlands 23 miles (37 km) southwest of Inverness
• 52 ft (16 m) above sea level
• the 2nd largest Scottish loch, surface area - 22 sq mi (56 km2) after Loch Lomond

• deepest point -755 ft (230 m), the 2nd deepest loch in Scotland after Loch Morar
• contains more fresh water than all the lakes in England and Wales combined.
• the most famous lake in the world
• the 1st recorded sighting of Nessie - the 6th century

Glen Coe valley

• in the north of Argyll, close to the border with Lochaber
• one of the most spectacular and beautiful places in the Highlands of Scotland
• the remains of an ancient supervolcano

• rainy and cloudy weather prevails all year round
• 1692— the mass murder of many people, women and children of clan McDonalds
• "Valley of tears"

Wales

Pontcysyllte Aqueduct

• was built in XIX century by Thomas Telford
• the longest and highest aqueduct in Great Britain
• a Grade I Listed Building and a World Heritage Site.

• the canal’s depth – 160cm, the width -360cm
• situated in north east Wales over the valley of the River Dee

Northern Ireland

Giant's Causeway (Causeway Coast)

• an area of about 40,000 interlocking basalt columns
• the result of an ancient volcanic eruption
• located in County Antrim on the northeast coast of Northern Ireland, 3miles (4.8 km) northeast of the town of Bushmills

• 1986 - World Heritage Site by UNESCO
• the tallest columns – about 12 meters (39 ft) high,
• the solidified lava in the cliffs - 28 meters (92 ft) thick in places
• the legend - the columns are the remains of a causeway built by a giant

The Marble Arch Caves

• a series of natural limestone caves
• located near the village of Florencecourt in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland
• named after the nearby Marble Arch

• the longest known cave system in Northern Ireland - 11.5 kilometers (7.1 mi)
• was opened to the public on 29 May 1985
• annual visitor capacity - 94,060.