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Location
Eastward of the Chetwood in the Bree-land, on the north side of the Great Road
Settlements
The Forsaken Inn stood on the road near the southwestern extent of the marshes
Meaning
From midge, a kind of small biting fly that infested the marshes
Other names
Sometimes called simply 'Midgewater'

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Midgewater Marshes

The marshland east of the Chetwood

Map of Midgewater Marshes

A fly-infested region of marshland in central Eriador, that lay between the Chetwood to the west and the Weather Hills to the east. Midgewater was a morass of shifting pools that took its name from the swarms of midges that filled the air. In the central regions of the marshes dwelt the Neekerbreekers: night-creatures of cricket-kind.

In an attempt to avoid the East-West Road, Aragorn led Frodo and his companions through the marshes on their journey from Bree. Travelling slowly through the treacherous quagmire, their crossing took two days from the western to the eastern edge.


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