Three-Farthing Stone
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Latest revision as of 18:38, 13 June 2012
| Three-Farthing Stone | |
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| Physical Description | |
| Type | Stone Marker |
| Location | Meeting of the borders of the East, West, and Southfarthings |
| Realms | The Shire |
| Description | A large stone |
The Three-Farthing Stone was a stone by the side of the East Road that marked the point where the borders of the Eastfarthing, Westfarthing and Southfarthing of the Shire came together.[1] It was also said to mark a point near the centre of the Shire itself.[2] The stone stood about five miles southeast from Bywater, and exactly fourteen miles west from Frogmorton.
The fourth farthing, the Northfarthing, did not meet the others at the Three-Farthing Stone.[1] Instead, its borders met those of the Westfarthing and Eastfarthing about ten miles north of the Stone, though there is no record of a second three-farthing stone to mark this spot.
[edit] Inspirations
Tolkien maybe got this idea from the Four Shire Stone