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Visitors stuffing coins into Northern Ireland’s famed basalt columns are unintentionally damaging this natural wonder and ...

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

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

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

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