Shire

The Shire is the Old World village home of the happily ignorant Halflings. The area is patrolled by Shiriffs and the Shire is led by the Thain. Famous bars in the Shire include the Green Dragon and the Ivy Bush. The Shire is renown for its pipeweeds and tobacco plants.

The Shire is northwest of Midgaard, west of Boscaccio, north of the Darken Woods and south of the Icy Cliffs.

Maps

The following map is not up to date due to the addition of a square near the east end of Bywater Road and a swimming area under Brandywine Bridge.

Kephra's Map of the Shire

The Shire
as seen by Kephra in Nature 353, based on a map of Thelos
corrections by Gandalf in year 562

(1) 	View of the Cliffs 	Icy Cliffs
(2) 	At the Slope 		Boscaccio
(3) 	The narrow trail 	Darken Wood

           (1)
            |
           OaP ChC Bed-BaE-----Pan
            |   |       |         \
           OaP Bar     DeL+HaH     EDT
            |   |       |           |
       GaR GrF-GrF-----DeL-SDL IGG  |
        |       |       |     /     |
       StP-----PiP     DeL-GrG      |
                        |           |
           NGF         BrB     HaH-DaT         GeS HoA     SmT
            |           |           |           |   |       |
   (2)-WGF-GrF-ToH-ByR-ByR-----ByR---------EtS-ByR-ByR-----BiR-SPE-Tho
            |       |   |       |   |       |       |       |
           SGF     EWa GrD     SPB  |      EoF     KiK SDP  |
                    |               |       |           |   |
                   tWa         SPL-DaT-HaH DlP     MHE-BiP-ByR-STG
                    |               |       |           |   |
                   RWa              |      DlP         FSF  |
                      \             |       |               |
                       DaT-DaT-DaT-TWI-EDT (3)         Smi-ByR-Smi
                                                            |
                                                           IvB

BaE	Bag End 			Bar	A barn
Bed	Bedroom 			BiP	Biggleton Plaza
BiR	A bend in the road
BrB	Brandywine Bridge 		ByR	Bywater Road
ChC	A chicken coop 			DaT	A Dark Tunnel
DeL	Delving Lane 			EDT	End of a Dark Tunnel
EWa	Entrance to Watermill 		EtS	Entrance to the Shire
FSF	Fanny Sacker's Fresh Produce
GaR	Gamgee Residence 		GeS	General Store
GrD	The Grocer's Delight 		GrF	A grassy field
GrG	The Green Dragon 		HaH	A Halfling Hole
HaH	Halfling home 			HoA	The House of Arms
IGG	The Inn of the Green Dragon 	IvB	The Ivy Bush
KiK	Kid'n Keep 			MHE	Merriwether's Hat Emporium
NGF	Northern end of grassy field
Pan	Pantry 				PiP	Pig pen
PtM	A Path to the Mountains 	RWa	Rear of watermill
SDL	Shiriff Post of Delving Lane 	SDP	Smoky Dimfingle's Pipes and More
SGF	Southern end of grassy field
SPB	Shiriff Post of the Bridge 	SPE	Shiriff Post of the Eastern Shire
SPL	Shiriff Post of the Lower Shire STG	Shiriff Training Ground
SmT	A Small Temple 			Smi	A smial
StP	A stony path 			TWI	A Three Way Intersection
ThO	Thain's Office 			ToH	Took Hill
WGF	Western end of grassy field 	tWa	The Watermill