Long Cleeve
Long Cleeve | |
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Town | |
Long Cleeve in The Lord of the Rings Online | |
General Information | |
Location | Northfarthing, the Shire |
Type | Town |
Inhabitants | Hobbits |
Gallery | Images of Long Cleeve |
Long Cleeve was a town in the Shire.
History[edit | edit source]
Long Cleeve was the home of the North-tooks, a distant branch of the Took Family who were descended from Bandobras the Bullroarer. It was the home of Diamond, who married Peregrin Took eight years after his return from the War of the Ring.[1]
Etymology[edit | edit source]
The name "Cleeve" comes from the Old English word clif, which means "cliff" or "hill".[2]:p. lvii
This, and the name "North-Took" implies that it lay in Northfarthing,[3] much of which was rocky in nature (though none of this is stated specifically by Tolkien himself).
Other versions of the legendarium[edit | edit source]
Long Cleeve appears in the A Part of the Shire map drawn by Christopher Tolkien in 1943, along with many other names, that didn't make it to the published version of the map.[2]:p. lvi
Portrayal in adaptations[edit | edit source]
2022: The Lord of the Rings Online:
- Long Cleeve is one of the four settlements of "the Yondershire", in the Shire's wilder north-western reaches. It was founded by Blanco and served as the seat of Bandobras Took and the North-took Family. Located near the North Moors and the southern Hills of Evendim, it is the seat of a local leader known as the "Reeve of the Yondershire".[4]
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix C, "Took of Great Smials"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull (eds), The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion
- ↑ Robert Foster, The Complete Guide to Middle-earth, entry "Long Cleeve"
- ↑ The Lord of the Rings Online: Sites of Yondershire