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The '''Undertowers''' was a dwelling of [[Hobbits]] in the [[Westmarch]] during the [[Fourth Age]]. It was located near the [[White Towers]].
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'''Undertowers''' was a dwelling of [[Hobbits]] in the [[Westmarch]] during the [[Fourth Age]]. It was located near the [[White Towers]].


It was at Undertowers that [[Samwise Gamgee|Sam]]'s daughter [[Elanor Gardner]] settled with [[Fastred of Greenholm]] to found the [[Fairbairn Family]], the hereditary [[Warden of Westmarch|Wardens of Westmarch]]. In time, the Fairbairns would become as influential as the [[Took Family|Tooks]] and [[Brandybuck Family|Brandybuck]]s in the history of the [[Shire]], and it was at Undertowers that they preserved the [[Red Book of Westmarch]], whose contents formed the ultimate basis for chronicles of the [[War of the Ring]] and the [[Elder Days]].
It was at Undertowers that [[Samwise Gamgee|Sam]]'s daughter [[Elanor Gardner]] settled with [[Fastred of Greenholm]] around {{SR|1462}}. Thus the [[Fairbairn Family]], the hereditary [[Warden of Westmarch|Wardens of Westmarch]] was founded.<ref>{{App|Later}}</ref>


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Undertowers was one of the three places of the Shire with the largest libraries and collections of historical documents, the others being [[Brandy Hall]] and [[ Great Smials]]. Its library contained the [[Red Book of Westmarch]], chronicling the [[War of the Ring]] and the [[Elder Days]].<ref>{{FR|Records}}</ref>
 
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Latest revision as of 22:13, 21 July 2021

Undertowers
Dwelling
General Information
LocationWestmarch, the Shire
TypeDwelling
People and History
InhabitantsHobbits
Createdduring the Fourth Age

Undertowers was a dwelling of Hobbits in the Westmarch during the Fourth Age. It was located near the White Towers.

It was at Undertowers that Sam's daughter Elanor Gardner settled with Fastred of Greenholm around S.R. 1462. Thus the Fairbairn Family, the hereditary Wardens of Westmarch was founded.[1]

Undertowers was one of the three places of the Shire with the largest libraries and collections of historical documents, the others being Brandy Hall and Great Smials. Its library contained the Red Book of Westmarch, chronicling the War of the Ring and the Elder Days.[2]

References

  1. J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix B, "Later Events Concerning the Members of the Fellowship of the Ring"
  2. J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, "Prologue", "Note on the Shire Records"