‘Hoo, eh? Entmoot?’ said Treebeard, turning round. ‘It is not a place, it is a gathering of Ents–which does not often happen nowadays. But I have managed to make a fair number promise to come. We shall meet in the place where we have always met: Derndingle Men call it. It is away south from here. We must be there before noon.’
- The Two Towers (Book 3), Chapter 4
Derndingle is the ancient meeting place of the Ents in the south of Fangorn Forest. The Ents have gathered here for the Entmoots from time immemorial. It is a round depression completely devoid of trees except for three silver birches in its centre.