Geologists from the British Geological Survey have concluded that the insertion of coins into the fractures is having a detrimental impact on the constituent basalt rock, both aesthetically and physically. Over the past decade, this ritual has become more common, with visitors from around the world seeing the coins and inserting their own into spaces in the natural joints and fractures of the basalt rock from which the Causeway is formed. This study, by the British Geological Survey has revealed
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A giant issue with coins has emerged at the Giant's Causeway, where a ritual by tourists to wedge coins into the cracks in the basalt rock columns of the Causeway is causing damage to the World Heritage Site. A report by the British Geological Survey has concluded that the coins wedged into the joints and cracks in the rock is having a detrimental impact, both aesthetically and physically. The National Trust, in partnership with Causeway Coast and Glens Heritage Trust, employed specialists in st
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