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Dates
Begun in III 2683 (1083 by the Shire-reckoning); survived into the Fourth Age
Location
The hills above Tuckborough in the Westfarthing of the Shire
Origins
First excavated by Thain Isengrim Took II
Race
Culture
Family
Pronunciation
Took is pronounced 'too'k' (where the vowel sound is pronounced as in English 'too')
Meaning
Took derives from the Hobbit-name Tûk, claimed to mean 'daring' by members of the family
Other names

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Great Place of the Tooks

The ancestral smials of the Tookland

Map of the Great Place of the Tooks

The location of the Great Place of the Tooks (slightly conjectural)1

The location of the Great Place of the Tooks (slightly conjectural)1

A large and connected series of Hobbit-holes excavated into the hills above Tuckborough in the Tookland of the Shire. More usually known as Great Smials, this underground dwelling was begun by Isengrim Took II in the year he became the Shire's twenty-second Thain, and it remained the seat of the Took clan and the Thains from that time on. By the time of the War of the Ring the Great Place of the Tooks was more than three hundred years old.


Notes

1

There is no map of the Shire that shows exactly where the Great Place of the Tooks was to be found. We do know, however, that it was within the Green Hills as they ran through the Tookland at their western end. Given the known geography of the area, this would almost certainly place Great Smials within the hills to the north of Tuckborough.

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Great Place of the Tooks

The ancestral smials of the Tookland

Dates
Begun in III 2683 (1083 by the Shire-reckoning); survived into the Fourth Age
Location
The hills above Tuckborough in the Westfarthing of the Shire
Origins
First excavated by Thain Isengrim Took II
Race
Culture
Family
Pronunciation
Took is pronounced 'too'k' (where the vowel sound is pronounced as in English 'too')
Meaning
Took derives from the Hobbit-name Tûk, claimed to mean 'daring' by members of the family
Other names

Indexes:

About this entry:

  • Updated 19 February 2025
  • This entry is complete

Great Place of the Tooks

The ancestral smials of the Tookland

Map of the Great Place of the Tooks

The location of the Great Place of the Tooks (slightly conjectural)1

The location of the Great Place of the Tooks (slightly conjectural)1

A large and connected series of Hobbit-holes excavated into the hills above Tuckborough in the Tookland of the Shire. More usually known as Great Smials, this underground dwelling was begun by Isengrim Took II in the year he became the Shire's twenty-second Thain, and it remained the seat of the Took clan and the Thains from that time on. By the time of the War of the Ring the Great Place of the Tooks was more than three hundred years old.


Notes

1

There is no map of the Shire that shows exactly where the Great Place of the Tooks was to be found. We do know, however, that it was within the Green Hills as they ran through the Tookland at their western end. Given the known geography of the area, this would almost certainly place Great Smials within the hills to the north of Tuckborough.

Indexes:

About this entry:

  • Updated 19 February 2025
  • This entry is complete

For acknowledgements and references, see the Disclaimer & Bibliography page.

Original content © copyright Mark Fisher 2011, 2023, 2025. All rights reserved. For conditions of reuse, see the Site FAQ.

Website services kindly sponsored by Discus from Axiom Software Ltd.
We have been developing and providing DISC psychometric reports for 31 years! Find out more about us at Discus Online.