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Three-Farthing Stone
Stone Marker
General Information
LocationMeeting of the borders of the East, West, and Southfarthings
TypeStone Marker
DescriptionA large stone
RegionsThe Shire

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.

Inspirations

Tolkien maybe got this idea from the Four Shire Stone

References