The area around it is the site of 'Magaki no Mori' (literally, woods of fences) generated over 'Magaki no Shima' (literally, an island of fences), an island in the garden of Kawarano-in, which was buried due to a flood of the Kamo-gawa River, and it is said that the aged hackberry is the last remaining tree of the woods, but the location of the stone monument is just outside the estimated site of Kawarano-in.
一帯は河原院の庭の中の島「籬の島」が鴨川の氾濫によって埋没したものと伝えられた「籬の森」の跡で、石碑の隣にある老木の榎は森にあった木の最後の1本であるというが、石碑の位置は河原院の推定地より少しだけ外にはみ出ている。