Bree (Middle-earth) - Bree-land

Bree-land

There were four villages in Bree-land:

• Bree was the largest settlement. In Tolkien's books, it was mostly populated by men, but hobbit servants worked at the Prancing Pony Inn and special hobbit-sized rooms were available there; there were also some hobbit homes on the hill. Bree lay at the junction of the Great East Road and the Greenway (a path leading south), and had a small amount of commercial traffic as a consequence. Bree had a gate and gatekeepers to keep out troublemakers from the wild lands beyond. On rare occasions, adventurous Brandybucks and Tooks from the Shire would venture as far east as Bree.

• Staddle was populated primarily by hobbits who made a living from light agriculture, including pipe-weed. Staddle was on the south-eastern side of Bree-hill, sitting south of Combe and Archet. It was the only village (other than Bree itself) visible from the Great East Road.

• Combe was populated primarily by men, with some hobbits, all of whom made a living from agriculture. Combe was situated on the borders of the Chetwood and on the edge of Bree-hill, between the villages of Archet and Staddle.

• Archet was the furthest north. Located in the Chetwood, it was populated primarily by men.