The Quarry
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| Landmark: The Quarry | |
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| Region: | The Shire |
| Area: | Greenfields |
| Location: | [27.9S, 65.7W] |
| Deed: | The Sights of the Shire |
| Lore: | For a long time Dwarves have not been seen with much frequency in the Shire, and bringing stone from far abroad was expensive, so the Hobbits hereabouts have constructed their own quarry to supply the needs of the builders and masons. Recently however better quality stone has been available from the West, so the quarry has fallen into disuse and has become rather infested with dangerous vermin. |
| Directions: | The Quarry is located just west of Scary. |
Description
To the east of Scary can be found a small but important quarry, used by Hobbits from throughout the northern and eastern regions of the Shire for a variety of building projects. It is said that the quarriers at times happen upon rare and wonderful artifacts in their digging, although where these treasures originated remains a mystery to all who hear the tale.
Miners recently broke through a hidden chamber in the quarry and released a swarm of spiders that have taken over the quarry and cave system.
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Lore
In the chapter "The Grey Havens" of The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King, it is written that during the War of the Ring, the Men serving Saruman used the quarries of Scary to store their loot and provisions. After the defeat of Saruman, the Hobbits recovered these provisions and were able to use the goods to celebrate the Yule holiday.
| Settlements, Areas and Landmarks of The Shire | |
|---|---|
| Settlements: | Brockenborings • Budgeford • Bywater • Frogmorton • Hobbiton • Little Delving • Michel Delving • Needlehole • Overhill • Scary • Stock • Tuckborough • Waymeet • Woodhall |
| Areas: | Bindbole Wood • Bridgefields • The Frogmoors • Green Hill Country • Greenfields • Hobbiton-Bywater • North Bridgefields • Rushock Bog • Shire Homesteads • The Hill • The Delving Fields • The Marish • Tookland |
| Landmarks: | Abandoned Elf-camp • Appledores • Bamfurlong • Bolestones • Brandywine Bridge • Bridgefields Wall • Bucklebury Ferry • Bywater Bridge • Dora Brownlock's Farm • The Grange • The Great Willow • Golfimbul's Hole • Lob's Grove • Mathom-house • Methel-stage • Narrowcleeve • Old Odo's Leaf-farm • The Party Tree • Pinglade • Puddifoot's Fields • The Quarry • Sandson's Farm • Sandyman's Mill • The Scrag-dells • South Fields • Southfarthing Gate • Stocktower • Three Farthing Stone • Tom Cotton's Farm • Troll's Knoll • The Yale-height |
