Fairy door

Fairy door at Monmouth, Wales.

A fairy door is a miniature door, usually set into the base of a tree, for the purpose of entertaining children with fairy tales and fairy-related activities and games. Many fairy doors are to be found in woods and parks in Ireland and the United Kingdom. Behind the fairy door there may be a small space where notes, wishes and gifts can be left for the fairies.

In some woods there are a large number of such doors; in one, Wayford Woods in Crewkerne, Somerset, over two hundred fairy doors had been fitted, including ten on one tree, a situation described as "in danger of getting out of control."[1] The woodland's trustees have since "ripped out" all the fairy doors.[2]

While fairy doors can be home-made, there are companies that manufacture and sell them.

Outdoor fairy doors were called environmental art by one journalist, who also noted the potential for encouraging increased use of woodlands by children.[3] [4]

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References

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  1. ↑ "'Fairy control' to halt tiny doors in Somerset woods", BBC News 4 March 2015.
  2. ↑ Morris, Steven, 2015 "Disenchanted Woodland Trustees Banish Fairy Doors", The Guardian, 23 August 2015, p. 22.
  3. ↑ Maitland, S. "Don’t do away with the fairies: we need to relearn our sense of the magical", The Guardian, 3 March 2015 (retrieved 4 March 2015)
  4. ↑ "Fairy Doors they are ART". designedbysoriska. Retrieved 25 April 2016.


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