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Dates
Founded no earlier than III 16011 (year 1 by the Shire-reckoning); survived into the Fourth Age
Location
In the Westfarthing of the Shire, among the western slopes of the Green Hills
Race
Culture
Family
The folkland of the Tooks
Settlements
Important peaks
Lay among the hills at the western end of the Green Hills of the Shire
Meaning
The land occupied by the Tooks

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Tookland

The ancestral lands of the Shire-thains

Map of the Tookland

A wide region of the Shire's Westfarthing that was the historical province of the Took clan, and so of the hereditary Thains of the Shire. The Tookland lay to the south of the East Road, with its chief and central township at Tuckborough in the Green Hills. There, burrowed into the hillsides, was the famous and historic home of the Tooks, Great Smials. Somewhat to the west of Tuckborough lay the smaller of the Tookland's main settlements, Tookbank.


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