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.

In reality, the exceptional landscape of the Giant’s Causeway was born between 50 and 60 million years ago, when intense volcanic activity in the area created a volcanic plateau.

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. The UNESCO ...

The Giant's Causeway in Co Antrim is being damaged by visitors leaving coins in the cracks of the famous stones. Scores of coins have been left wedged into the cracks of the basalt rock columns at ...

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.

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.