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ALPHABETICAL RACES PLACES MISCELLANEOUS REFERENCE INTERACTIVE SHARE User guide Latest entries FAQ and e-mail Disclaimer and bibliography Awards Old and rare words Lexicon of names Excyclopedia of Arda Movie-goer's Guides: • The Fellowship of the Ring • The Two Towers • The Return of the King The Hobbit Viewer's Companions: • An Unexpected Journey • The Desolation of Smaug • The Battle of the Five Armies Tolkien links Book news Latest Chronicle Calendar Old and rare words Lexicon of names Links Random
Dates The oldest barrows on the downs were said to date back as far as the First Age Location East of the Shire, between the Old Forest and Bree Origins Used as burial grounds since the earliest days of Men; evil spirits were sent to dwell there by the Witch-king in the middle years of the Third Age Race Built by Men, later inhabited by Barrow-wights Meaning 'Barrow' is an old word for a grave-mound of the kind found among these hills Other names The Downlands, Tyrn Gorthad Indexes: Alphabetical: B Hills and Mountains About this entry: Updated 18 July 2010 Updates planned: 1 The haunted hills of Tyrn Gorthad Years of the Trees First Age I Second Age II Third Age III Fourth Age IV The Whispering Knights, part of the complex of prehistoric standing stones known as the Rollright Stones in Oxfordshire, England. Well known to Tolkien, it's likely that stones like these formed part of his inspiration for the ancient monuments among the Barrow-downs. The downs to the east of the Shire that held the ancient burial grounds of Men. During the time of the realm of Angmar, evil things came to dwell among the barrows, and some were still to be found there at the time of the War of the Ring. See also... Andrath, Angmar, Argeleb II, Barrow-wights, Barrows, Bumpkin, Cardolan, Deadmen’s Dike, Downlands, Dúnedain of Cardolan, Fatty Lumpkin, Frodo Baggins, Great Barrows, Kingdoms of the Dúnedain, Lord of the Nazgûl, [See the full list...]Men of Bree, Oldest and Fatherless, Ponies, Prince of Cardolan, Sheep, South Downs, Swish-tail, Tom Bombadil, Tyrn Gorthad, White-socks, Wise-nose, Witch-lord of Angmar Indexes: Alphabetical: B Hills and Mountains About this entry: Updated 18 July 2010 Updates planned: 1 For acknowledgements and references, see the Disclaimer & Bibliography page. Original content © copyright Mark Fisher 1998, 2001, 2003, 2008, 2010. All rights reserved. For conditions of reuse, see the Site FAQ. Website services kindly sponsored by myDISCprofile, the free online personality test.Take the FREE myDISCprofile personality test to discover your core personality and your ideal job.

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SHARE User guide Latest entries FAQ and e-mail Disclaimer and bibliography Awards Old and rare words Lexicon of names Excyclopedia of Arda Movie-goer's Guides: • The Fellowship of the Ring • The Two Towers • The Return of the King The Hobbit Viewer's Companions: • An Unexpected Journey • The Desolation of Smaug • The Battle of the Five Armies Tolkien links Book news Latest Chronicle Calendar Old and rare words Lexicon of names Links Random

Dates The oldest barrows on the downs were said to date back as far as the First Age Location East of the Shire, between the Old Forest and Bree Origins Used as burial grounds since the earliest days of Men; evil spirits were sent to dwell there by the Witch-king in the middle years of the Third Age Race Built by Men, later inhabited by Barrow-wights Meaning 'Barrow' is an old word for a grave-mound of the kind found among these hills Other names The Downlands, Tyrn Gorthad Indexes: Alphabetical: B Hills and Mountains About this entry: Updated 18 July 2010 Updates planned: 1 The haunted hills of Tyrn Gorthad

Years of the Trees First Age I Second Age II Third Age III Fourth Age IV Map of the Barrown-downs

The Whispering Knights, part of the complex of prehistoric standing stones known as the Rollright Stones in Oxfordshire, England. Well known to Tolkien, it's likely that stones like these formed part of his inspiration for the ancient monuments among the Barrow-downs. The downs to the east of the Shire that held the ancient burial grounds of Men. During the time of the realm of Angmar, evil things came to dwell among the barrows, and some were still to be found there at the time of the War of the Ring. See also... Andrath, Angmar, Argeleb II, Barrow-wights, Barrows, Bumpkin, Cardolan, Deadmen’s Dike, Downlands, Dúnedain of Cardolan, Fatty Lumpkin, Frodo Baggins, Great Barrows, Kingdoms of the Dúnedain, Lord of the Nazgûl, [See the full list...]Men of Bree, Oldest and Fatherless, Ponies, Prince of Cardolan, Sheep, South Downs, Swish-tail, Tom Bombadil, Tyrn Gorthad, White-socks, Wise-nose, Witch-lord of Angmar Indexes: Alphabetical: B Hills and Mountains About this entry: Updated 18 July 2010 Updates planned: 1 For acknowledgements and references, see the Disclaimer & Bibliography page. Original content © copyright Mark Fisher 1998, 2001, 2003, 2008, 2010. All rights reserved. For conditions of reuse, see the Site FAQ. Website services kindly sponsored by myDISCprofile, the free online personality test.Take the FREE myDISCprofile personality test to discover your core personality and your ideal job.