Greenfields or Green Fields was a district between the Norbourn and Brandywine rivers[1] in the Northfarthing of the Shire.
In the year S.R. 1147 there was fought the Battle of Greenfields between invading orcs from the Mount Gram and the Hobbitry-in-arms. The Hobbits claimed the victory after their leader Bandobras Took (nicknamed Bullroarer) stroke off the head of the goblin king Golfimbul.[2] This was the only battle fought inside the boundaries of the Shire before the War of the Ring and the Battle of Bywater.[3]
Portrayal in adaptations
2007: The Lord of the Rings Online:
- The Greenfields are a large open plain in the north-western corner of the Shire region.
References
- ↑ 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 Greenfields, p. 24
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit, "An Unexpected Party"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, "The Scouring of the Shire"