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The Giant’s Boot

The Giant's Boot at the Giant's Causeway, Northern Ireland: a large basalt rock shaped like an oversized boot sitting on the stony shore
Artwork FileGiant's Causeway, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK

The Giant's Boot

SeenMar 2022

Natural rock formation · Giant's Causeway, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK

Photo: SeanMack / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)

The Giant's Boot is a large basalt rock on the foreshore of Port Noffer at the Giant's Causeway, weathered brown and shaped like a boot. Legend says Finn McCool lost it, and the National Trust's Blue Trail ends beside it. Source Source Source Source Reported

Photographed Mar 2022. Evidence date: 2022-03-20. Source Reported

💡 4 things to know

  1. Finn McCool's lost bootNational Trust recounts the legend of Finn McCool's boot at Port Noffer, the bay of the giant. Source Reported
  2. A giant shoe sizePhotographer Rod Grealish gives it a playful size 93.5 in his Geograph caption. This is not a surveyed measurement. Source Reported
  3. Pennies for luckA 2022 close-up shows weathered pennies hammered into the boot. Source Reported
  4. End of the Blue TrailThe National Trust's Blue Trail from the visitor centre ends at the Giant's Boot, over some rocky ground. Source Reported

📍 Where it is

Foreshore of Port Noffer bay · Giant's Causeway, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK Source Reported

Open in Maps

Map pin is approximate; use the named site or address to locate the formation.

🗓️ Sightings

  1. 19993 Apr

    Photo by Martin Melaugh (CAIN)

  2. 200215 Aug

    Photo taken (Geograph)

  3. 20031 Aug

    Photo taken (Geograph)

  4. 200925 Jul

    Photo taken

  5. 202220 Mar

    Close-up of pennies in the boot

Green stamps mark dated photographs; amber stamps mark records or reports; red stamps mark loss. Publication dates are not camera dates.

✅ The facts

Formation type
Natural basalt rock, no artist Source Checked
Location
Port Noffer bay, Giant's Causeway Source Checked
Appearance
Weathered brown and shaped like a boot Source Checked
Legend
Reputedly lost by Finn McCool Source Reported
Height
About 6 ft, according to a Geograph caption Source Reported
Trail
End point of the National Trust Blue Trail Source Checked

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All sources & image credits

Photo: SeanMack / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Last checked: 26 October 2026 · How we verify art