According to The Road Goes Ever On and The Lord of the Rings Wandering Companies of Elves from Lindon and Rivendell passed through the Shire. A permanent guard of Rangers was stationed at Sarn Ford on the Baranduin just outside the Southfarthing up until the War of the Ring. Only Hobbits dwelt in the Shire, which was more than 1400 years old at the time of the War of the Ring (Third Age years 3018-9). The Shire – The Shire stretched from the Far Downs west to the Baranduin river and was divided into four Farthings. Tolkien does not say how many clans or groups of Dwarves dwelt here. Readers cannot seem to agree whether they lived north or south of the Lhun, but I think they were probably south of the Lhun for the most part. Southern Ered Luin – Dwarves dwelt in the hills and mountains beyond the Shire. It’s possible that some Noldor still lived in Forlindon beyond the Ered Luin, although Appendix A to The Lord of the Rings gives the impression that after Elrond’s departure there were few if any Elves left in Lindon.
Lindon and Mithlond – Cirdan’s people dwelt here in the twin cities of Mithlond. This map of Eriador indicates where Elves, Men, Dwarves, and Hobbits were to be found in Eriador at the time of the War of the Ring. It may help to look at a concise list of the communities that are attested in either The Lord of the Rings or Unfinished Tales of Numenor and Middle-earth. The Lord of the Rings makes it very plain and clear that the lands between Bree and Rivendell were more-or-less deserted.
We can agree that there were vast regions in Eriador that appear to have been unpopulated. Tolkien’s readers draw the conclusion that Eriador was largely empty at the end of the Third Age, essentially a wasteland. Q: How Deserted was Eriador in the Late Third Age?ĪNSWER: Many of J.R.R.
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