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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 iconic stones.
UK heritage body the National Trust has launched a campaign to end the practice as the coins rapidly corrode and expand, damaging the basalt rock columns at the site in County Antrim, according to a statement published Wednesday.
“We know that visitors really love and cherish the Giant’s Causeway, and many form deep personal connections to this special landscape,” Cliff Henry, National Trust Nature Engagement…
