The Encyclopedia of Arda - Great Place of the Tooks (original) (raw)

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Dates Begun in III 2683 (1083 by the Shire-reckoning); survived into the Fourth Age Location The hills above Tuckborough in the Westfarthing of the Shire Origins First excavated by Thain Isengrim Took II Race Hobbits Culture Shire-hobbits Family Took Pronunciation Took is pronounced 'too'k' (where the vowel sound is pronounced as in English 'too') Meaning Took derives from the Hobbit-name Tûk, claimed to mean 'daring' by members of the family Other names Great Smials, The Smials Indexes: Alphabetical: G Alphabetical: T Cities and Buildings About this entry: Updated 7 January 2023 Updates planned: 1 The ancestral smials of the Tookland Years of the Trees First Age I Second Age II Third Age III Fourth Age IV A large and connected series of Hobbit-holes excavated into the hills above Tuckborough in the Tookland of the Shire. More usually known as Great Smials, this underground dwelling was begun by Isengrim Took II in the year he became the Shire's twenty-second Thain, and it remained the seat of the Took clan and the Thains from that time on. By the time of the War of the Ring the Great Place of the Tooks was more than three hundred years old. Indexes: Alphabetical: G Alphabetical: T Cities and Buildings About this entry: Updated 7 January 2023 Updates planned: 1 For acknowledgements and references, see the Disclaimer & Bibliography page. Original content © copyright Mark Fisher 2011, 2023. All rights reserved. For conditions of reuse, see the Site FAQ. Website services kindly sponsored by Discus from Axiom Software Ltd.We have been developing and providing DISC psychometric reports for 30 years! Find out more about us at Discus Online.

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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 Begun in III 2683 (1083 by the Shire-reckoning); survived into the Fourth Age Location The hills above Tuckborough in the Westfarthing of the Shire Origins First excavated by Thain Isengrim Took II Race Hobbits Culture Shire-hobbits Family Took Pronunciation Took is pronounced 'too'k' (where the vowel sound is pronounced as in English 'too') Meaning Took derives from the Hobbit-name Tûk, claimed to mean 'daring' by members of the family Other names Great Smials, The Smials Indexes: Alphabetical: G Alphabetical: T Cities and Buildings About this entry: Updated 7 January 2023 Updates planned: 1 The ancestral smials of the Tookland

Years of the Trees First Age I Second Age II Third Age III Fourth Age IV A large and connected series of Hobbit-holes excavated into the hills above Tuckborough in the Tookland of the Shire. More usually known as Great Smials, this underground dwelling was begun by Isengrim Took II in the year he became the Shire's twenty-second Thain, and it remained the seat of the Took clan and the Thains from that time on. By the time of the War of the Ring the Great Place of the Tooks was more than three hundred years old. Indexes: Alphabetical: G Alphabetical: T Cities and Buildings About this entry: Updated 7 January 2023 Updates planned: 1 For acknowledgements and references, see the Disclaimer & Bibliography page. Original content © copyright Mark Fisher 2011, 2023. All rights reserved. For conditions of reuse, see the Site FAQ. Website services kindly sponsored by Discus from Axiom Software Ltd.We have been developing and providing DISC psychometric reports for 30 years! Find out more about us at Discus Online.