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Dates
Uncertain, but probably built around the turn of the Third Age1
Location
Crossing the River Brandywine on the eastern border of the Shire
Origins
Built by the Dúnedain of Arnor
Race
Originally constructed by Men, but mainly used by Hobbits at the end of the Third Age
Culture
Shire-hobbits, Bucklanders
Other names
Bridge of Stonebows

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  • Updated 12 March 2007
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Brandywine Bridge

The point where the East Road crossed the Brandywine

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The bridge on the East Road crossing the River Brandywine; it marked the eastern border of the Shire. Originally called the Bridge of Stonebows.


Notes

1

According to the Prologue to The Lord of the Rings the Bridge had been built 'in the days of the power of the North Kingdom', which is a little ambiguous, but would probably place it sometime between II 3320 and III 861. There are some records of bridge-building before the War of the Last Alliance, to help organise the transport of troops into the southern lands, and though it is never stated for certain that the bridge over the Baranduin was one of these, it seems at least plausible. If so, it would have to date back to the earliest part of Arnor's history, before the end of the Second Age.

See also...

Bridge of Stonebows, Bridgefields, Buckland Gate, Bucklebury Ferry, Budgeford, Fallohides, Far Downs, Frogmorton, Hob Hayward, North Gate, The Floating Log, The Water, Whitfurrows

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