The coins are damaging the renowned rock formations of one of Northern Ireland's most famous sites.

The Giant's Causeway in Co Antrim is being damaged by a popular tourist tradition, and the National Trust is asking people to ...

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

From Parisian bridges to Rome's Trevi Fountain, tourists love leaving behind mementos—but in Northern Ireland, they're ...

Visitors to the Giant’s Causeway, the world-famous tourist attraction in Northern Ireland, are being urged not to indulge in ...

The Giant's Causeway in Northern Ireland has been damaged by tourists in recent years, with the National Trust now urging ...

The Giant's Causeway faces 'rapid erosion' from tourists jamming coins into gaps on the 60-million-year-old rocks.

(CNN) — 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 ...

Signs will also be put up and visitors are already warned not to insert the coins by tour guides at the Giant's Causeway, like Mark Adams. "I think it's a simple thing of wanting to leave ...

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. According to ...