A decades-old ritual is causing both aesthetic and physical damage to the world-famous Giant's Causeway in Co Antrim, Northern Ireland.

The National Trust, which looks after the site, says the coins left between the basalt columns expand and rust, damaging the rock.

Tourists are damaging the Giant’s Causeway by jamming coins into the cracks of the stones. Coins have been left wedged into ...

Giant's Causeway, one of the most significant natural sites in Northern Ireland, faces a new threat. Tourists are leaving ...

The Giant’s Causeway formed between 50 and 60 million years ago when molten basalt erupted through chalk beds and formed a ...

Coins squeezed into the gaps in the basalt columns of the tourist attraction in north Antrim eventually rust and expand, ...

Work is taking place to remove coins which have been left at the Giants Causeway, as they are causing damage to the famous ...

Northern Ireland’s World Heritage Site is being damaged by visitors leaving coins in the cracks of the famous stones. Scores ...

The National Trust has told tourists to stop jamming coins into the Giant’s Causeway over damage to the columns.

The bill to remove the coins, which are also leaving rust stains, is expected to be more than £30,000. When they rust they ...

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Visitors are damaging Northern Ireland's Giant's Causeway, a World Heritage Site, by inserting coins into the cracks of its ...