![]() ĭuring the Second Age the inhabitants were fairly numerous, and when they met with the Númenóreans the Barrow-downs were the first places where the Dúnedain émigrés from Númenor settled. They fled west as Easterlings invaded Eriador and passed on to Beleriand, but after these had left or been killed in the War of Wrath the Edain returned to their old homes. The Barrow-downs were first inhabited by Men related to the Edain in the First Age, together with the Hills of Evendim to the north. Many of the hills were crowned with standing stones and barrows, hence their name. The Barrow-downs, or Tyrn Gorthad, were a series of hills east of the Shire, behind the Old Forest, and south-west of the village of Bree. Some of these fictional places are described below. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium contain references to numerous places. ![]() 26.1.4 The Tower in the War of the Ring.
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