The Encyclopedia of Arda - Undertowers (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 Probably founded in IV 31 (1452 by the Shire-reckoning)1 Location On the Tower Hills in the Westmarch of the Shire Race Hobbits Culture Shire-hobbits Family Fairbairn Meaning Named for the fact that it was built under the ancient White Towers on the Tower Hills Other names The Towers Indexes: Alphabetical: U Cities and Buildings About this entry: Updated 29 April 2022 This entry is complete The home of the Wardens of Westmarch Years of the Trees First Age I Second Age II Third Age III Fourth Age IV Undertowers on the Tower Hills (slightly conjectural) Undertowers on the Tower Hills (slightly conjectural) A dwelling of Hobbits in the Westmarch, the region between the Far Downs and the Tower Hills gifted to the Shire-hobbits some three decades after the War of the Ring. It was at Undertowers that Sam's daughter Elanor settled with Fastred of Greenholm and gave rise to the Fairbairn family, the hereditary Wardens of Westmarch. In time, the Fairbairns would become as influential as the Tooks and Brandybucks in the history of the Shire, and it was at Undertowers that they preserved the Red Book of Westmarch, whose contents formed the ultimate basis for the account of The Lord of the Rings. Notes 1 In the Tale of Years (Appendix B to The Lord of the Rings), the entry for Shire-year 1452 includes the comment 'Fastred and Elanor make their dwelling at Undertowers on the Tower Hills...' It's not completely clear from this wording whether it refers to Undertowers being founded in that year, or whether it already existed when the new Warden settled there. At most, Undertowers could only have been founded shortly before this, because the Westmarch was only settled by Hobbits ten years before this date. Note that some older editions of The Lord of the Rings contain a minor dating error, listing the settlement of Undertowers as taking place in 1455 or 1462 rather than 1452; this has been corrected in later editions. See also... Elf-towers, Elfstan Fairbairn, Elostirion, Fairbairn Family, Fastred of Greenholm, Folklands, Gamgee Family, Goodchild Family, Harding of the Hill, Longfather-tree of Master Samwise, Red Book of the Periannath, The Towers, The Towers, Warden of Westmarch, Westmarch of the Shire, [See the full list...]White Towers Indexes: Alphabetical: U Cities and Buildings About this entry: Updated 29 April 2022 This entry is complete For acknowledgements and references, see the Disclaimer & Bibliography page. Original content © copyright Mark Fisher 2003, 2017, 2022. All rights reserved. For conditions of reuse, see the Site FAQ. Website services kindly sponsored by Discus from Axiom Software Ltd.We are always looking to expand Discus into new territories. Interested in a partnership opportunity?

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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 Probably founded in IV 31 (1452 by the Shire-reckoning)1 Location On the Tower Hills in the Westmarch of the Shire Race Hobbits Culture Shire-hobbits Family Fairbairn Meaning Named for the fact that it was built under the ancient White Towers on the Tower Hills Other names The Towers Indexes: Alphabetical: U Cities and Buildings About this entry: Updated 29 April 2022 This entry is complete The home of the Wardens of Westmarch

Years of the Trees First Age I Second Age II Third Age III Fourth Age IV Map of Undertowers

Undertowers on the Tower Hills (slightly conjectural) Undertowers on the Tower Hills (slightly conjectural) A dwelling of Hobbits in the Westmarch, the region between the Far Downs and the Tower Hills gifted to the Shire-hobbits some three decades after the War of the Ring. It was at Undertowers that Sam's daughter Elanor settled with Fastred of Greenholm and gave rise to the Fairbairn family, the hereditary Wardens of Westmarch. In time, the Fairbairns would become as influential as the Tooks and Brandybucks in the history of the Shire, and it was at Undertowers that they preserved the Red Book of Westmarch, whose contents formed the ultimate basis for the account of The Lord of the Rings. Notes 1 In the Tale of Years (Appendix B to The Lord of the Rings), the entry for Shire-year 1452 includes the comment 'Fastred and Elanor make their dwelling at Undertowers on the Tower Hills...' It's not completely clear from this wording whether it refers to Undertowers being founded in that year, or whether it already existed when the new Warden settled there. At most, Undertowers could only have been founded shortly before this, because the Westmarch was only settled by Hobbits ten years before this date. Note that some older editions of The Lord of the Rings contain a minor dating error, listing the settlement of Undertowers as taking place in 1455 or 1462 rather than 1452; this has been corrected in later editions. See also... Elf-towers, Elfstan Fairbairn, Elostirion, Fairbairn Family, Fastred of Greenholm, Folklands, Gamgee Family, Goodchild Family, Harding of the Hill, Longfather-tree of Master Samwise, Red Book of the Periannath, The Towers, The Towers, Warden of Westmarch, Westmarch of the Shire, [See the full list...]White Towers Indexes: Alphabetical: U Cities and Buildings About this entry: Updated 29 April 2022 This entry is complete For acknowledgements and references, see the Disclaimer & Bibliography page. Original content © copyright Mark Fisher 2003, 2017, 2022. All rights reserved. For conditions of reuse, see the Site FAQ. Website services kindly sponsored by Discus from Axiom Software Ltd.We are always looking to expand Discus into new territories. Interested in a partnership opportunity?