Introduction
Belle Isle is a 17th-century demesne and planned landscape of the same date. The present house dates from about 1890. Features include a shelter belt, an avenue, woodland trees, a decoy lake, a cultivated walled garden and views.
- Visitor Access, Directions & Contacts
Directions
Four miles north-west of Lisnaskea on an island in Upper Lough Erne.
- Features & Designations
Designations
Environment and Heritage Service of Northern Ireland Heritage Gardens Inventory
- Reference: F 22
Features
- Tree Avenue
- Kitchen Garden
- Garden House
- Shelter Belt
- House (featured building)
- Earliest Date:
- Latest Date:
- Lake
- Key Information
Type
Park
Purpose
Ornamental
Principal Building
Domestic / Residential
Survival
Extant
- References
References
- Bence-Jones, M {A Guide to Irish Country Houses} (London: Constable, 1988) A Guide to Irish Country Houses
- Register of Parks, Gardens and Demesnes of Special Historic Interest, Northern Ireland