Ballygally
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Ballygally or Ballygalley is a village and holiday resort in County Antrim, Northern Ireland which lies on the Antrim coast, approximately 3 miles north of Larne. It is also a townland of 769 acres an
Looking south at Ballygally beach and Ballygally Head.
Ballygally Head
Ballygally Castle Hotel incorporates a 17th-century tower house
In the far distance, on the right, is the small peak of Scawt Hill. Six new minerals were discovered for the first time here, including scawtite and larnite.
Scawt Hill
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Scawt Hill is a volcanic plug in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, in the borough of Larne, 5 km from the village of Ballygally.
Ballygally
…but these are dolerite, a rock similar to basalt but which cooled more slowly, held inside the volcano vent, and so had time to grow larger crystals. Scawt Hill, another volcanic plug 5 km west north west of Ballygally, is an internationally important site for geology due to the rare minerals found there. It…
Scawt Hill from the Sallagh Road, Cairncastle
At Scawt Hill, Cretaceous chalk, the white rock to the left of the photo, has been intruded by molten rock which cooled to dolerite, the darker rock to the right
Scawt Hill from Ballygally
Basalt columns at Giant's Causeway