Old Forest Road
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Old Forest Road is an ancient, partially overgrown roadway running through Mirkwood in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth, once a major route for travelers before the forest grew dark and perilous.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional road
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location in Middle-earth ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Dwarf-road
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Forest Road NERFINISHED ⓘ Old Dwarf Road NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
The Hobbit
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The Lord of the Rings legendarium NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithPeople |
Dwarves
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Men of the North NERFINISHED ⓘ Wood-elves ⓘ |
| builtBy | Dwarves of the Grey Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category |
Locations in Rhovanion
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Roads in Middle-earth ⓘ |
| condition | partially overgrown ⓘ |
| connectedTo |
Anduin river crossings
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routes to Dale ⓘ routes to the Iron Hills ⓘ |
| creator | J. R. R. Tolkien ⓘ |
| crosses | Mirkwood from west to east ⓘ |
| dangerLevel | high in late Third Age ⓘ |
| declineCause |
darkening of Mirkwood
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growing peril in Mirkwood ⓘ |
| environment |
dense forest
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shadowed woodland ⓘ |
| eraOfGreatestUse | early Third Age ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | Arda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governedBy | no single realm in late Third Age ⓘ |
| historicalUse |
Dwarven road
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major trade route ⓘ |
| inUniverseLanguageName | Common Speech name: Old Forest Road ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Mirkwood
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Rhovanion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOnContinent | Middle-earth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | background route in The Hobbit ⓘ |
| nearbyFeature |
Carrock region on the Anduin
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Elvenking’s Halls (region of) NERFINISHED ⓘ Erebor (Lonely Mountain) NERFINISHED ⓘ Iron Hills NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| parallelTo | Enchanted River (in part of its course) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Wilderland road network NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| replacedBy | Elvenking’s forest paths ⓘ |
| runsFrom | Anduin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| runsThrough | Mirkwood NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| runsTo |
Erebor region
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Iron Hills region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | largely disused in the late Third Age ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Third Age of Middle-earth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.