If you’re planning a trip to the Giant’s Causeway, here’s something worth knowing before you go: that “good luck” coin you might be tempted to wedge into the basalt columns is actually causing real damage to one of Ireland’s most extraordinary natural wonders.
More than 10,000 coins are currently being removed from the UNESCO World Heritage Site after visitors have been pushing them into cracks between the ancient hexagonal stones. The problem? Metal corrodes, expands, and slowly breaks apart rock that took 60 million years to form.
We get the impulse — wanting to leave a small piece of yourself at a place this special. But the best way to honour the Causeway is simply to walk it, photograph it, and leave it exactly as you found it. Future generations of visitors will thank us.
The columns aren’t going anywhere. Let’s keep it that way.
Originally reported by irishnews.com
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