Smials

The term the Hobbits themselves used for their excavated dwellings, more usually called simply 'hobbit-holes'.

List of Smials associated with the Tolkien Society

• 1420 - A postal group for those interested in the drinks of Middle-earth. Publishes The Morning After (about 3-4 times a year).
• Amon Hen - San Jose del Cabo, B.C.S. Mexico
• Amon Sûl - Halifax and area.
• Andúnië - Atlanta, Georgia USA based group.
• Armari - A postal group with no defined focus; which can be very tongue in cheek, good sense of humour required! Publishes Gondtengwen (about once a year at present).
• Brandy Hall - Cologne (Köln) and Hessen, Germany - also a smial of Deutsche Tolkien Gesellschaft.
• The Burrahobbits - Local group in Wisconsin, USA.
• Cerin Amroth - Local group in Indiana, USA.
• Far Westfarthing - Local group in Illinois, USA.
• The Golden Perch - Telford based, with some postal members.
• The Grey Company - Newport, Pontypool and valleys of South Wales.
• HEREN HYARMENO (The Order of the South) - This is the oldest existing smial in the Southern Hemisphere, founded on 19 March 1989. It is based in São Paulo, Brasil.
• 'Heren Istarion - Local group in New York City, USA.
• Isengard - Birmingham area.
• Khand - Postal; once based in Saudi Arabia, now in Shropshire.
• Lays of Leithian - A smial of Unquendor, the Dutch Tolkien Society. Local and postal.
• Lómelindi - Local group in Tennessee, USA.
• Minas Tirith (The Cambridge Tolkien Society) - Cambridge and surrounding area. Publishes Anor (3 editions a year).
• 'Mundeli Sernieva - Central England. Publishes Mundo (about 4 a year).
• Nigglings - A postal smial focusing on Middle-earth based fiction and sub-creation.
• Northfarthing - London and home counties - the oldest in the Society and essentially the founding smial.
• Rivendell - Grimsby, Louth and Lincoln area.
• The Shire - Coventry area.
• Southfarthing - Southampton area.
• Taruithorn (The Oxford Tolkien Society) - Oxford & Aylesbury. Publishes Miruvor (3 editions a year).
• Taruithorn International - The postal smial for those no longer in Oxford.
• Tol Andúnë - Oahu, Hawaii.
• Tol Harndor - Australasia & South Pacific postal.
• Turin - Northern Italy, with an interest in Tolkien inspired art.
• Vinyamar - Local group in British Columbia, Canada.
• Westemnet - A cyberspace smial for the West Country.
• Misty Mountains - Denver, Colorado.