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The '''Greenway''' is the road which connects [[Arnor]] and [[Gondor]].
[[Image:Matěj Čadil - Greenway.jpg|thumb|[[Matěj Čadil]] - ''Greenway'']]
The '''North Road''',<ref name=Sign>{{FR|Sign}}, p. 150</ref><ref>{{FR|South}}, p. 274</ref> also called  the '''North-South-Road'''<ref>{{FR|Map}}, label "North-South-Road" left of the road in Enedwaith</ref>, the '''Old South Road''',<ref>[[Christopher Tolkien]], [[General Map of Middle-earth]], label "Old South Road" right of the road in Enedwaith</ref> or later the '''Greenway''' by the [[Bree-folk]],<ref name=Sign/> was the part of the '''[[Great Road]]'''<ref>{{UT|Eorl}}</ref><ref name=Index>{{UT|Index}}, entry ''Roads'' (2) (i)</ref> from [[Fornost Erain]] to the western shore of the [[Fords of Isen]].<ref>{{HM|UI}}, entry ''Greenway'', "originally running from Isengard to Fornost", p. 31</ref>


Beginning at [[Fornost Erain]] in northern [[Eriador]], it meets with the [[Great East Road]] at [[Bree]], and then continues south to [[Tharbad]] on the [[Gwathló]], where it crosses the river and becomes known as the '''Old South Road'''. From there it leads into [[Dunland]], arching slightly towards the [[Misty Mountains]] to the [[Fords of Isen]]. After it crosses the [[Isen]] it is called the '''Great West Road''', and runs along the [[Ered Nimrais]] through [[Anórien]], then goes south past [[Minas Tirith]] and [[Osgiliath]] as the '''South Road''' and ends at [[Pelargir]].
==Course==
The North Road ran from Fornost in the south of the [[North Downs]] southeast until it crossed the [[East Road]] just west of the village of [[Bree]] and then continued south through [[Andrath]] between the [[Barrow-downs]] and the [[South Downs]], met a a road in [[Minhiriath]] that ran from the [[White Downs]] over [[Sarn Ford]], then turned south-east and traversed the fens in the plains of [[Minhiriath]] on a long causewway until it crossed the river [[Gwathló]] at [[Tharbad]],<ref name=Glanduin>{{UT|6d}}, discussion of the name ''Glanduin''</ref> continued on a long<ref name=Glanduin/> raised<ref name=Isen>{{UT|11c}}</ref> causeway across the fens in the plains<ref name=Glanduin/> and then ascended to higher land in the centre and south-east of [[Enedwaith]]<ref name=Isen/> until it turned west close to the southern end of the [[Misty Mountains]] and ran west to the western shore of the Fords of Isen.<ref>{{FR|Map}}</ref>


Other roads which meet up with it are the King's Highway from Minas Tirith past Osgiliath to [[Minas Ithil]], and at Pelargir the road which eventually ends at [[Erech]] as well as the '''Harad Road''' which leads into South Harad.
The part of the Great Road that ran from the eastern shore of the Fords of Isen<ref name=Index/> to the [[Forannest|north gate]] of the [[Rammas Echor]]<ref>{{HM|UI}}, entry ''North-way'', p. 635</ref><ref>{{HM|UI}}, entry ''north gate'', p. 559</ref> was called the '''[[Great West Road]]''',<ref>{{RK|Map}}, label "Great West Road" above the road in the Eastfold</ref> the '''West Road'''<ref>{{RK|Debate}}, p. 882</ref> or the '''horse-road'''<ref>{{UT|Isen}}, tenth paragraph</ref>.


The Greenway was long the main path of traffic between Gondor and Arnor, but in the later [[Third Age]] after the division of Arnor in three realms it became lesser used. Use of the road virtually ended after the [[Great Plague]] and [[Long Winter]] when Tharbad was abandoned and its bridge ruined, and the road in Dunland was mostly lost.
==History==
In the later [[Third Age]] after the division of [[Arnor]] [[Arthedain|into]] [[Cardolan|three]] [[Rhudaur|realms]] it became lesser used. Use of the road virtually ended after the [[Great Plague]] and the [[Long Winter]] when Tharbad was abandoned and its bridge ruined, and the Old South Road to [[Dunland]] was mostly lost. The patch of the road around [[Bree-land]] became overgrown with grass because of disuse and so was called Greenway.<ref>{{FR|Sign}}</ref><ref>{{FR|South}}</ref><ref name=utindex>{{UT|Index}}</ref>


[[Boromir]] took this road, crossing Tharbad but losing his horse, on his way to [[Rivendell]]. In the Reunited Kingdom of [[Aragorn|King Elessar]] the road was restored and became important again.
[[Boromir]] took this road, crossing Tharbad but losing his horse, on his way to [[Rivendell]]. It is possible that the road was restored after the end of the [[War of the Ring]].


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==See also==
*[[North-South Road]]
*[[Great West Road]]
 
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Latest revision as of 09:30, 9 March 2023

Matěj Čadil - Greenway

The North Road,[1][2] also called the North-South-Road[3], the Old South Road,[4] or later the Greenway by the Bree-folk,[1] was the part of the Great Road[5][6] from Fornost Erain to the western shore of the Fords of Isen.[7]

Course[edit | edit source]

The North Road ran from Fornost in the south of the North Downs southeast until it crossed the East Road just west of the village of Bree and then continued south through Andrath between the Barrow-downs and the South Downs, met a a road in Minhiriath that ran from the White Downs over Sarn Ford, then turned south-east and traversed the fens in the plains of Minhiriath on a long causewway until it crossed the river Gwathló at Tharbad,[8] continued on a long[8] raised[9] causeway across the fens in the plains[8] and then ascended to higher land in the centre and south-east of Enedwaith[9] until it turned west close to the southern end of the Misty Mountains and ran west to the western shore of the Fords of Isen.[10]

The part of the Great Road that ran from the eastern shore of the Fords of Isen[6] to the north gate of the Rammas Echor[11][12] was called the Great West Road,[13] the West Road[14] or the horse-road[15].

History[edit | edit source]

In the later Third Age after the division of Arnor into three realms it became lesser used. Use of the road virtually ended after the Great Plague and the Long Winter when Tharbad was abandoned and its bridge ruined, and the Old South Road to Dunland was mostly lost. The patch of the road around Bree-land became overgrown with grass because of disuse and so was called Greenway.[16][17][18]

Boromir took this road, crossing Tharbad but losing his horse, on his way to Rivendell. It is possible that the road was restored after the end of the War of the Ring.

See also[edit | edit source]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring, "At the Sign of the Prancing Pony", p. 150
  2. J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring, "The Ring Goes South", p. 274
  3. J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, "The West of Middle-earth at the End of the Third Age" [map], label "North-South-Road" left of the road in Enedwaith
  4. Christopher Tolkien, General Map of Middle-earth, label "Old South Road" right of the road in Enedwaith
  5. J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Unfinished Tales, "Cirion and Eorl and the Friendship of Gondor and Rohan", "(iii) Cirion and Eorl"
  6. 6.0 6.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Unfinished Tales, Index, entry Roads (2) (i)
  7. J.R.R. Tolkien, "Unfinished index for The Lord of the Rings", in Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull (eds), The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion, entry Greenway, "originally running from Isengard to Fornost", p. 31
  8. 8.0 8.1 8.2 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Unfinished Tales, "The History of Galadriel and Celeborn", "Appendix D: The Port of Lond Daer", discussion of the name Glanduin
  9. 9.0 9.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Unfinished Tales, "The Battles of the Fords of Isen", "Appendix (ii)"
  10. J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, "The West of Middle-earth at the End of the Third Age" [map]
  11. J.R.R. Tolkien, "Unfinished index for The Lord of the Rings", in Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull (eds), The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion, entry North-way, p. 635
  12. J.R.R. Tolkien, "Unfinished index for The Lord of the Rings", in Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull (eds), The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion, entry north gate, p. 559
  13. J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, "Map of Rohan, Gondor, and Mordor", label "Great West Road" above the road in the Eastfold
  14. J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, "The Last Debate", p. 882
  15. J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Unfinished Tales, "The Battles of the Fords of Isen", tenth paragraph
  16. J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring, "At the Sign of the Prancing Pony"
  17. J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring, "The Ring Goes South"
  18. J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Unfinished Tales, Index