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Withywindle

Updated: 05/12/08
Type: Rivers & Lakes
Region: Arnor/Eriador/Lindon

Location: A tributary of the Brandywine River; arises in the Barrow-downs and runs southwest through the Old Forest to Haysend; Old Man Willow lives along its banks.

'That,' said Merry, pointing with his hand, 'that is the line of the Withywindle. It comes down out of the Downs and flows south-west through the midst of the Forest to join the Brandywine below Haysend. We don't want to go that way! The Withywindle valley is said to be the queerest part of the whol...

Cerin Amroth

Updated: 05/04/08
Type: Mountains, Hills, Promontories
Region: Rhovanion/Misty Mtns

Location: A small hill north of Caras Galadhon in the heart of Lothlórien, where Amroth, the last King of Lórien, dwelled in a talan.

'... [Behold] the trees of the Naith of Lórien...!'.... To the left stood a great mound, covered with a sward of grass as green as Springtime in the Elder Days. Upon it, as a double crown, grew two circles of trees: the outer had bark of snowy white, and were leafless but beautiful in their shape...

Straight Road

Updated: 05/04/08
Type: Roads, Lanes, Ways
Region: Other Arda

Location: The path over the Sundering Seas that the Elves take to sail West; created when the Undying Lands were removed from the Circles of the World.

'All roads are now bent.' Thus in after days, what by the voyages of ships, what by lore and star-craft, the kings of Men knew that the world was indeed made round, and yet the Eldar were permitted still to depart and to come to the Ancient West and to Avallónë, if they would. Therefore the lorem...

East March

Updated: 05/04/08
Type: Kingdoms, Realms, Lands
Region: Bree/The Shire

Location: The region of the Shire east of the Brandywine River, to the Old Forest; settled 740 years after the founding of the Shire; see the Buckland entry for further information.

The Shire was divided into four quarters, the Farthings.... Outside the Farthings were the East and West Marches: the Buckland...; and the Westmarch.... The Fellowship of the Ring, LoTR Prologue, Of the Ordering of the Shire2340 ... The Oldbucks occupy the Buckland. The Return of the King, Lo...

Buckland

Updated: 05/04/08
Type: Kingdoms, Realms, Lands
Region: Bree/The Shire

Location: The region of the Shire between the Brandywine and the Old Forest; also called the Eastmarch; settled in 2340 Third Age by Stoors from the Marish.

2340 ... The Oldbucks occupy the Buckland. The Return of the King, LoTR Appendix B, The Tale of Years: The Third AgeLong ago Gorhendad Oldbuck, head of the Oldbuck family, one of the oldest in the Marish or indeed in the Shire, had crossed the river,1 which was the original boundary of the land ...

North-gate of Buckland

Updated: 05/04/08
Type: Fortresses, Towers, Defenses
Region: Bree/The Shire

Location: The gate in the High Hay at the northern entrance of Buckland, south of the Brandywine Bridge.

'[The Riders] could have reached here by now, of course, if they were not stopped at the North-gate, where the Hedge runs down to the river-bank, just this side of the Bridge. The gate-guards would not let them through by night, though they might break through. Even in the daylight they would try to...

Prancing Pony, The

Updated: 04/24/08
Type: Buildings, Halls, Houses
Region: Bree/The Shire

Location: The main inn on the Great East Road in the village of Bree.

The home and centre of the art [of smoking pipe-weed] is... to be found in the old inn of Bree, The Prancing Pony, that has been kept by the family of Butterbur from time beyond record. The Fellowship of the Ring, LoTR Prologue, Concerning Pipe-weedThe Inn of Bree was still there..., and the innk...

High Hay

Updated: 04/22/08
Type: Other Constructions
Region: Bree/The Shire

Location: A huge, semicircular hedgerow separating the eastern border of Buckland (and the Shire) from the Old Forest.

[Buckland] was originally unprotected from the East; but on that side they had built a hedge: the High Hay. It had been planted many generations ago, and was now thick and tall, for it was constantly tended. It ran all the way from Brandywine Bridge, in a big loop curving away from the river, to Hay...

Bill Ferny's House

Updated: 04/22/08
Type: Buildings, Halls, Houses
Region: Bree/The Shire

Location: In Bree, the last house along the Great East Road, just inside the South-gate.

Strider had changed his mind, and he decided to leave Bree by the main road.... But as they drew near to the further gate, Frodo saw a dark ill-kept house behind a thick hedge: the last house in the village. In one of the windows he caught a glimpse of a sallow face with sly, slanting eyes; but i...

Houses of Healing

Updated: 04/19/08
Type: Buildings, Halls, Houses
Region: Gondor

Location: A building complex with extensive gardens on the south side of the Sixth Circle of Minas Tirith, dedicated to the care of the seriously ill and injured.

Now at last they passed into the high circles of the City, and in the light of morning they went their way towards the Houses of Healing; and these were fair houses set apart, for the care of those who were grievously sick, but now they were prepared for the tending of men hurt in battle or dying. T...