Borders of Drúwaith Iaur
The ecact borders of Drúwaith Iaur are not known. The statement in the chapter The Drúedain in Futher notes on the Drúedain in UT that "This region between Isen and Lefnui was the Drúwaith Iaur," is an editorial note by Christopher Tolkien not a definitive statement by J.R.R. Tolkien with the intent to say something about the borders.
J.R.R. Tolkien wrote that the "They [i.e. the 'Púkel-men'] survived in the mountains of the promontory [of Andrast], which was never occupied by the Númenóreans." and "nor take refuge in the great promontory between Isen and Lefnui that formed the north arm of the Bay of Belfalas, because of the ‘Púkel-men’,".
In note 13 of that chapter we have "many Drúedain did indeed survive in the Drúwaith Iaur, for they came forth from the caves where they dwelt to attack remnants of Saruman’s forces".
The Essay also contains a note for the statement "the great promontory" that was "unused" by CT in UT read "Afterwards called still Drúwaith (Iaur) ‘(Old) Pukel-land', and its dark woods were little visited, nor considered as part of the realm of Gondor".
The label "Drúwaith Iaur" is in different positions on the General Map of Middle-earth annotated in J.R.R. Tolkien's handwriting, on Pauline Bayne's Map of Middle-earth and on Christopher Tolkien's The West of Middle-earth at the End of the Third Age map. Based on the writings and J.R.R. Tolkien's placement of the label I would say that Drúwaith Iaur is in the mountains on the northern and maybe northwestern side of the mountains of Andrast, so where J.R.R. Tolkien and maybe also where Christopher Tolkien place the label, but probably did not extend to the coast away from the mountains and probably did not extend to the south or to the eastern side of the mountains of Andrast. --Akhôrahil (talk) 09:01, 15 November 2024 (UTC)