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[T 2] Directly west of Bree are the Barrow-downs and the Old Forest. Bree is the chief village of Bree-land, and the only place in Middle-earth where men and hobbits live side by side. The hobbit community is older than that of the Shire, which was originally colonized from Bree.
Sketch map of the Shire. England and Englishness appear in Middle-earth, more or less thinly disguised, in the form of the Shire and the lands close to it, including Bree and Tom Bombadil's domain of the Old Forest and the Barrow-downs. [1] In England, a shire is a rural administrative region, a county.
The colour maps are useful, though." [3] Andy Blakeman reviewed Bree and the Barrow Downs for Imagine magazine, and stated that "Bree and the Barrow Downs is my favourite; the degree of characterisation in the descriptions of the inhabitants of Bree-land is heartening, and the Barrows themselves provide an interesting bit of adventure." [4]
[T 2] Northeast of there is Bree, the only place where hobbits and Men live in the same villages. Further east from Bree is the hill of Weathertop with the ancient fortress of Amon Sûl, and then Rivendell, the home of Elrond. South from there is the ancient land of Hollin, once the elvish land of Eregion, where the Rings of Power were
Map of Bree-land, with the villages of Bree, Combe, Staddle, and Archet in the Chetwood. Items portrayed in this file depicts. Bree. creator. some value.
Barrow-wights (from Middle English wight, a man) are dark spirits sent by the Witch-king of Angmar to possess and animate the bodies and bones of the former kings of the Dúnedain. These undead monsters haunt the Barrow-downs near Bree.
In J. R. R. Tolkien’s fictional universe of Middle-earth, the Old Forest was a daunting and ancient woodland just beyond the eastern borders of the Shire.Its first and main appearance in print was in the chapter of the 1954 The Fellowship of the Ring titled "The Old Forest".
Geography, ecology, inhabitants, notable personalities, notable locations, and eight adventure hooks set in various time periods Part 3: Locations of interest outside Mordor Special emphasis on the mining settlement of Bar Lithryn in the Ash Mountains, including four full adventures set in the settlement.