Northern Ireland is home to the Giant’s Causeway, a collection of about 40,000 hexagonal basalt columns that protrude from the North Atlantic Ocean and lead up to the foot of a cliff.

Authorities are urging visitors to stop wedging pocket change between the basalt columns, which are cracking and crumbling as the coins expand ...

According to legend, an Irish giant named Finn McCool (yes, that was his last name) built a causeway across the Irish Sea in order to fight with a Scottish giant, who subsequently destroyed it as ...

Giant's Causeway: Coins left by visitors damaging Northern Ireland's World Heritage Site Coins squeezed into the gaps in the basalt columns of the tourist attraction in north Antrim eventually ...

In 2024, the Giant’s Causeway, which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, received more than 684,000 visitors, with many leaving coins in the gaps between its estimated 40,000 columns.

Visitors to the Giant’s Causeway, the world-famous tourist attraction in Northern Ireland, are being urged not to indulge in the popular ritual of wedging coins in between the site’s iconic stones. UK ...

Some of the coins left by visitors at the Giant’s Causeway in Co Antrim (Dr Cliff Henry/PA) “The report has found that fracturing and disintegration of the basalt rock adjacent to joints and ...

Tourists risk destroying Northern Ireland ’s iconic Giant’s Causeway rocks by jamming coins between them, experts warned. National Trust engagement officer Dr Cliff Henry said the discarded ...

By Rebecca Black, PA May 28, 2025 at 10:34am BST The Giant’s Causeway is being damaged by visitors leaving coins in the cracks of the famous stones.

Giant's Causeway was first recorded in 1693, and it has been a point of intrigue for geologists. It is managed by the National Trust, Britain's leading heritage and conservation charity.