British Isles

NATURAL and MAN MADE

LANDMARKSLANDMARKSNorthern Ireland

1 GIANT'S CAUSEWAYThe Giant's Causeway are 40,000interlocking columns.

The tops of the columns form steps thatlead from the cliff to under the sea.

Most of the columns are hexagonal.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YK-aZ-HalIU

Ireland2 NEWGRANGE

Newgrange, is a 5000 years oldtomb of Irish kings. It is 600 yearsolder than the Giza Pyramids inEgypt, and 1,000 years older thanStonehenge.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6XAFJ_FdOA

Scotland

3 LOCH NESSLoch Ness is a large, deep, freshwaterlake in the Scottish Highlands. It is bestknown for the legend of the Nessiemonster, who is supposed to live in thelake.

Loch Ness is very deep: its deepest pointis 230 m under the water level.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agqiXjafl6k

4 HIGHLANDS

The Highlands and the Lowlands aretwo historic regions of Scotland.

The Highlands are very little populated,with many mountain ranges. The BritishIsles highest mountain, Ben Nevis, ishere.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9Rsle5ehgo

England5 HADRIAN'S WALLHadrian's Wall, a continuous, coast tocoast, Roman defensive barrier,separating the Roman province ofBritannia from the Scottish Caledonia. Itis made of stone.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5omllLRSYlU

6 LAKE DISTRICT

The Lake District is a beautiful,mountainous region in North West England. Itis famous for its lakes, forests and mountains.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pb_BnVQ_Mv4

7 SHERWOOD FORESTSherwood forest is a forest in centralEngland. Legend says it was a home to RobinHood, a famous outlaw. He helped the poorpeople.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1X94YKaKlkw

8 WHITE CLIFFS OF

DOVER

The white cliffs, made of chalk,are part of the east coastline ofEngland, at the point where GreatBritain is closest to continentalEurope. On a clear day they are visiblefrom the French coast.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRBSXwZ8wkk

9 STONEHENGEStonehenge is a prehistoricmonument in south England.

It consists of a ring of standing stones.Each standing standing stone isaround 13 feet (4 m) high, 7 feet (2 m)wide and weighing around 25 tons.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afJpNv2ufFA

10 TOWER BRIDGE

Tower Bridge is a mobile bridge inLondon, over the river Thames.

It has got two bridge towers, onehorizontal walkway and a specialmechanism that opens the lower partof the bridge when a large ship wantsto pass.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVurL2udOTw