- M. Thevet published, in 1575, an account of a South American giant, the skeleton of which he measured.
It was 11 feet 5 inches.
Giant's Causeway in Ireland. A basaltic mole, said to be the commencement of a road to be constructed
by the giants across the channel, reaching from Ireland to Scotland. Giants' Dance (The). Stonehenge, which Geoffrey of Monmouth says was removed from Killaraus, a
mountain in Ireland, by the magical skill of Merlin.
"If you [Aurelius] are desirous to honour the burying-place of these men [who routed Hengist] with an
everlasting monument, send for the Giants' Dance, which is in Killaraus, a mountain in Ireland." - Geoffrey
of Monmouth: British History, book viii. chap. 10.
Giant's Leap (The). Lam-Goemagog. The legend
is that Corineus (3 syl.), in his encounter with Goemagog, or Gogmagog, slung him on his shoulders,
carried him to the top of a neighbouring cliff, and heaved him into the sea. Ever since then the cliff has
been called Lam-Goemagog. (Thomas Boreman: Gigantick History; 1741.)
