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Alder Road, GLASGOW, G66 8HH

Overlooked by the snow-covered Campsie Fells.

This area of woodland on the southern edge of Milton of Campsie has been given the name 'Fairy Woods'. Visitors are encouraged to hunt for fairy houses and tiny doors. They are also urged not to remove the houses and doors from the woodland, but to leave them for others to enjoy...

The pathway leads from the corner of Red Moss Road and Laburnum Drive to a large area of grassland and scrub. The warning sign seems a bit over dramatic for this particular location.

This area of woodland on the southern edge of Milton of Campsie has been given the name 'Fairy Woods'. Visitors are encouraged to hunt for fairy houses and tiny doors. They are also urged not to remove the houses and doors from the woodland, but to leave them for others to enjoy...

This area of woodland on the southern edge of Milton of Campsie has been given the name 'Fairy Woods'. Visitors are encouraged to hunt for fairy houses and tiny doors. They are also urged not to remove the houses and doors from the woodland, but to leave them for others to enjoy...

‘Gumnut’ is by Boddy Buchanan, 2018. According to a sign nearby: ‘Gumnut’ was inspired by the adventures of political activist Thomas Muir who lived in this area in the late 18th Century. Formed of cast concrete, the sculpture mimics the shape of a eucalyptus seedpod, or as Australians call them, gumnuts. Convicted of sedition for advocating political reform, Muir was transported to Australia. As a prisoner, and product of the Scottish Enlightenment, Muir took notes on, amongst other things, local flora and fauna – an aspect of his history that is understandably less well known. Suburban East Dunbartonshire is now filled with ornamental eucalyptus trees; ‘Gumnut’ celebrates the fact that Thomas Muir was possibly the first person from this area ever to see one.

‘Gumnut’ is by Boddy Buchanan, 2018. According to a sign nearby: ‘Gumnut’ was inspired by the adventures of political activist Thomas Muir who lived in this area in the late 18th Century. Formed of cast concrete, the sculpture mimics the shape of a eucalyptus seedpod, or as Australians call them, gumnuts. Convicted of sedition for advocating political reform, Muir was transported to Australia. As a prisoner, and product of the Scottish Enlightenment, Muir took notes on, amongst other things, local flora and fauna – an aspect of his history that is understandably less well known. Suburban East Dunbartonshire is now filled with ornamental eucalyptus trees; ‘Gumnut’ celebrates the fact that Thomas Muir was possibly the first person from this area ever to see one. Note the golf ball stuck in the mud beside it.

A rough desire path crosses grassland from one edge of the Fairy Woods to join up with a path that leads to the houses in the distance, on Juniper Drive.

At the end of Alder Road, Milton of Campsie.