The Barrow-downs

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The Barrow-downs are a haunted, ancient burial ground in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth, known for their eerie barrow-wights and mist-shrouded hills.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf burial ground
fictional location
hill range
location in Middle-earth
appearsIn The Fellowship of the Ring NERFINISHED
The Lord of the Rings NERFINISHED
associatedWithEvent wars of the northern kingdoms
associatedWithPeople Dúnedain of Cardolan NERFINISHED
Men of the First Age
characteristic ancient
haunted
mist-shrouded
contains ancient tombs
barrows
graves of the kings of Cardolan
standing stones
containsArtifact Westernesse blades NERFINISHED
ancient swords from Westernesse
corruptedBy The Witch-king of Angmar NERFINISHED
creator J. R. R. Tolkien
describedAs a land of standing stones and barrows
a place of dread
guardedBy barrow-wights NERFINISHED
hasInhabitants barrow-wights NERFINISHED
influences Meriadoc Brandybuck’s sword used against the Witch-king
locatedInFictionalUniverse Middle-earth NERFINISHED
locatedInRegion Eriador NERFINISHED
locatedNear Bree NERFINISHED
The Great East Road NERFINISHED
The Old Forest NERFINISHED
The Shire NERFINISHED
The South Downs NERFINISHED
The Weather Hills NERFINISHED
nearbySettlement Archet NERFINISHED
Bree NERFINISHED
Combe NERFINISHED
Staddle NERFINISHED
sceneOf capture of the hobbits by a barrow-wight
rescue of the hobbits by Tom Bombadil
timePeriodInUse Second Age NERFINISHED
Third Age NERFINISHED
usedFor burial of kings
burial of warriors
visitedBy Frodo Baggins NERFINISHED
Meriadoc Brandybuck NERFINISHED
Peregrin Took NERFINISHED
Samwise Gamgee NERFINISHED
Tom Bombadil NERFINISHED

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Eriador contains The Barrow-downs