The Encyclopedia of Arda - The Floating Log (original) (raw)

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 Built some time after the founding of the Shire in III 1601 (year 1 by the Shire-reckoning); survived into the Fourth Age Location Frogmorton,1 on the East Road through the Eastfarthing of the Shire Race Hobbits Culture Shire-hobbits Settlements Frogmorton Meaning Not known in detail, but doubtless connected with the Water and its marshes to the north of Frogmorton Indexes: Alphabetical: F Cities and Buildings About this entry: Updated 20 January 2018 This entry is complete The inn at Frogmorton Years of the Trees First Age I Second Age II Third Age III Fourth Age IV The Floating Log stood on the East Road that passed through the Shire, in the Eastfarthing village of Frogmorton about halfway between Hobbiton and the Brandywine Bridge, and so must have been a busy place. In the time of the War of the Ring, though, Sharkey and his Men took over the Shire, and shut the inn down (it would presumably have been reopened after Sharkey's demise). Notes 1 We don't know where precisely in Frogmorton The Floating Log stood. The detailed map of the Shire in The Lord of the Rings shows an unusually long building on the south side of the East Road, in approximately the middle of the village. This may represent The Floating Log, though we have no way to be sure. We can say for sure that it did not stand at the eastern end of the village, because when Frodo and his companions arrived there after the War of the Ring, they asked for an escort to the inn (which must therefore have been further westward along the Road). It also does not appear to have been at the western end, as a Shirriff-house was built there that was emphatically not the inn (which was closed while the Chief controlled the Shire). So, a fairly central position within Frogmorton seems inevitable from the text, though whether this would equate The Floating Log with the mapped building on the south side of the Road is harder to say. See also... Frogmorton Indexes: Alphabetical: F Cities and Buildings About this entry: Updated 20 January 2018 This entry is complete For acknowledgements and references, see the Disclaimer & Bibliography page. Original content © copyright Mark Fisher 2003, 2018. All rights reserved. For conditions of reuse, see the Site FAQ. Website services kindly sponsored by Axiom Discovery aptitude and skill testing.Personality is one part of understanding a candidate's suitability for a role, but aptitude can also be crucial.

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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 Built some time after the founding of the Shire in III 1601 (year 1 by the Shire-reckoning); survived into the Fourth Age Location Frogmorton,1 on the East Road through the Eastfarthing of the Shire Race Hobbits Culture Shire-hobbits Settlements Frogmorton Meaning Not known in detail, but doubtless connected with the Water and its marshes to the north of Frogmorton Indexes: Alphabetical: F Cities and Buildings About this entry: Updated 20 January 2018 This entry is complete The inn at Frogmorton

Years of the Trees First Age I Second Age II Third Age III Fourth Age IV The Floating Log stood on the East Road that passed through the Shire, in the Eastfarthing village of Frogmorton about halfway between Hobbiton and the Brandywine Bridge, and so must have been a busy place. In the time of the War of the Ring, though, Sharkey and his Men took over the Shire, and shut the inn down (it would presumably have been reopened after Sharkey's demise). Notes 1 We don't know where precisely in Frogmorton The Floating Log stood. The detailed map of the Shire in The Lord of the Rings shows an unusually long building on the south side of the East Road, in approximately the middle of the village. This may represent The Floating Log, though we have no way to be sure. We can say for sure that it did not stand at the eastern end of the village, because when Frodo and his companions arrived there after the War of the Ring, they asked for an escort to the inn (which must therefore have been further westward along the Road). It also does not appear to have been at the western end, as a Shirriff-house was built there that was emphatically not the inn (which was closed while the Chief controlled the Shire). So, a fairly central position within Frogmorton seems inevitable from the text, though whether this would equate The Floating Log with the mapped building on the south side of the Road is harder to say. See also... Frogmorton Indexes: Alphabetical: F Cities and Buildings About this entry: Updated 20 January 2018 This entry is complete For acknowledgements and references, see the Disclaimer & Bibliography page. Original content © copyright Mark Fisher 2003, 2018. All rights reserved. For conditions of reuse, see the Site FAQ. Website services kindly sponsored by Axiom Discovery aptitude and skill testing.Personality is one part of understanding a candidate's suitability for a role, but aptitude can also be crucial.