Chetwood

Chetwood
Physical Description
Type	Forest
Location	Central Eriador, just north and east of Bree
Realms	Arnor Arthedain Reunited Kingdom
Inhabitants	Men

Chetwood was the broad woodland that lay to the north and east of the Bree-hill, some forty miles east of the Shire.^[1] The village of Archet was built among the trees near its edge.^[2]

Prior to the settlement of the Shire many Hobbits lived in Bree and in the Chetwood nearby.^[1] When Strider led the four hobbits out of Bree they spent three days in the Chetwood before descending to the Midgewater Marshes.^[3]

[edit] Etymology

The element chet (also found in Archet) , meaning "wood", is said to be of Celtic origin.^[4]

There is a Cheetwood in Lancashire and a Chetwode in Buckinghamshire, although it is unknown if Tolkien was inspired by these.^[source?]

[edit] References

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, "Prologue", "Concerning Hobbits"
2. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring, "At the Sign of the Prancing Pony"
3. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring, "A Knife in the Dark"
4. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Nomenclature of The Lord of the Rings" in Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull (eds), The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion, p. 765