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Tree Ring is a modern designed landscape feature located in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. The monument is protected by the Historic Environment Division under reference 9493. Situated at grid reference H1720060000, the feature occupies ground underlain by the Tyrone Group bedrock formation, a geological sequence of Visean age comprising limestone, mudstone, sandstone and siltstone with subordinate deposits of chert, coal and conglomerate.
As a contemporary landscape design, the Tree Ring represents a deliberately created artistic or commemorative intervention within the Fermanagh landscape. The monument's designation and protection reflect its significance as a twentieth or twenty-first century work, preserving an example of modern artistic practice within the historic environment record. The underlying Visean strata, formed approximately 330 million years ago, provide the deep geological foundation upon which this modern creation rests.
The protection of the Tree Ring demonstrates the broadened definition of heritage that encompasses designed landscape features beyond traditional archaeological monuments. Its documentation within the Historic Environment Division's records ensures the preservation of evidence relating to contemporary land use and artistic expression in County Fermanagh.
Tree ring is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 9493. View the official record →
Tree Ring is a modern designed landscape feature located in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 9493.
Tree ring dates from the modern period, and is classified as a designed landscape feature. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Tree ring is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Ni. The official designation reference is 9493.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Rath (6.8 km), Killadeas, yellow church, holed stone, the bishop's stone. church & graveyard with 4 carved stones (6.9 km), Counterscarp rath (7.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Tree ring's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Tree ring stands on Tyrone Group, bedrock that formed in the Visean. The rock here is limestone, mudstone, sandstone and siltstone, with subordinate chert, coal and conglomerate.