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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
Hobbits
Culture
Shire-hobbits
Family
Took
Pronunciation
The pronunciation of Smials is uncertain (see note 1 to the entry for smials)
Meaning
'Great Hobbit-holes'
Other names
The Great Place of the Tooks, The Smials

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  • Updated 9 May 2011
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Great Smials

The seat of the Took family

Map of Great Smials
The location of Great Smials (slightly conjectural)1
The location of Great Smials (slightly conjectural)1

The ancestral home of the Took family, located at Tuckborough in the Westfarthing of the Shire.


Notes

1

The precise location of Great Smials is not shown on any map, but we are told that it lay in the Green Hills at Tuckborough, so we can narrow down its location fairly closely. Given the geography of the area, it was probably in the hills to the north of the town.

See also...

Bilbo Baggins, Chronology of the Westlands, Folklands, Four Farthings, Great Place of the Tooks, Hobbit-holes, Isengrim Took II, Lalia Clayhanger, Pearl Took, Peregrin ‘Pippin’ Took I, Pimpernel Took, Silmarillion, Smials, Thain of the Shire, Thain’s Book, [See the full list...]

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Great Smials

The seat of the Took family

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
Hobbits
Culture
Shire-hobbits
Family
Took
Pronunciation
The pronunciation of Smials is uncertain (see note 1 to the entry for smials)
Meaning
'Great Hobbit-holes'
Other names
The Great Place of the Tooks, The Smials

Indexes:

About this entry:

  • Updated 9 May 2011
  • Updates planned: 1

Great Smials

The seat of the Took family

Map of Great Smials
The location of Great Smials (slightly conjectural)1
The location of Great Smials (slightly conjectural)1

The ancestral home of the Took family, located at Tuckborough in the Westfarthing of the Shire.


Notes

1

The precise location of Great Smials is not shown on any map, but we are told that it lay in the Green Hills at Tuckborough, so we can narrow down its location fairly closely. Given the geography of the area, it was probably in the hills to the north of the town.

See also...

Bilbo Baggins, Chronology of the Westlands, Folklands, Four Farthings, Great Place of the Tooks, Hobbit-holes, Isengrim Took II, Lalia Clayhanger, Pearl Took, Peregrin ‘Pippin’ Took I, Pimpernel Took, Silmarillion, Smials, Thain of the Shire, Thain’s Book, [See the full list...]

Indexes:

About this entry:

  • Updated 9 May 2011
  • Updates planned: 1

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

Original content © copyright Mark Fisher 1998, 2001, 2011. All rights reserved. For conditions of reuse, see the Site FAQ.

Website services kindly sponsored by Discus from Axiom Software Ltd.
Discus' free Job Profiler module defines ideal DISC profiles for any role.