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just_a_guy
The Shire
Dec 14 2017, 7:00pm
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Location of Tom Bombadil's House
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Why was his house "under hill"?
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squire
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Dec 14 2017, 7:30pm
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Relatively speaking, the house was not on the highest point of land; it was "under" a higher hill nearby.
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Although Tom's house was up hill from the Forest, where the Withywindle rose, there was an even higher hill behind it. Thus his house was "under" that hill.
"There was Tom Bombadil’s house before them, up, down, under hill. Behind it a steep shoulder of the land lay grey and bare, and beyond that the dark shapes of the Barrow-downs stalked away into the eastern night." - LotR I.6, bold by squire
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Eruonen
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Dec 19 2017, 3:42pm
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Basically, he had the Barrow Downs starting just up and over the hill.
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As mentioned in the recent book read through, his house would have been visible all during the great war against the Witch King of Angmar and Tom and Goldberry would have been surrounded by the action. We have no idea what took place with them at that time.
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