Do you recognize these landscapes in LOTR? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

CSteefel · 09-14-2009, 09:36 PM

Just wondering if people recognized any of the landscapes in LOTR? Perhaps the most famous could be Rivendell, which I have seen as inspired apparently by some Swiss valley that Tolkien entered as a young man. I am actually a bit surprised by this, since most Swiss valleys I have seen have that characteristic U shape from glaciation, while Rivendell always struck me as a more of a gorge???

Otherwise, the Shire and environs seems like classic sort of English countryside (Kent?), or almost a caricature of it.

I am more interested in some of the other landscapes, like the region near Weathertop, or the hill country of the Trolls just before the arrival in Rivendell.

Other landscapes?? Ithilien, Rohan, Emyn Muil, Hollin???

09-14-2009, 09:36 PM	#1
CSteefel Wight Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 204	Do you recognize these landscapes in LOTR? Just wondering if people recognized any of the landscapes in LOTR? Perhaps the most famous could be Rivendell, which I have seen as inspired apparently by some Swiss valley that Tolkien entered as a young man. I am actually a bit surprised by this, since most Swiss valleys I have seen have that characteristic U shape from glaciation, while Rivendell always struck me as a more of a gorge??? Otherwise, the Shire and environs seems like classic sort of English countryside (Kent?), or almost a caricature of it. I am more interested in some of the other landscapes, like the region near Weathertop, or the hill country of the Trolls just before the arrival in Rivendell. Other landscapes?? Ithilien, Rohan, Emyn Muil, Hollin??? __________________ `These are indeed strange days,' he muttered. `Dreams and legends spring to life out of the grass.' Last edited by CSteefel; 09-14-2009 at 11:33 PM.