Bindbole Wood

Bindbole Wood
Region:	The Shire
Landmark(s):	Bolestones Lob's Grove Overhill Yards
Settlement(s):	Overhill
Connecting Area(s):	Greenfields The Hill North Bridgefields Rushock Bog
Levels:	Mainly 9 - 10
Resource tier:	Apprentice

Bindbole Wood is an area within the Shire in the northern region.

This large area north to north-east of the Hill is chiefly a forest full of wild-life and goblins, troubling peaceful hobbits and careless travellers. Its main road connects the wood-workers' village of Overhill with Hobbiton in the south and Brockenborings to the east. Basic supplies and crafting facilities are available in Overhill.

Locations

Settlements

Overhill

Landmarks

NPCs

See "list of NPCs" within Bindbole Wood

Bindbole Kid ^{[27.8S, 70.9W]}

Quests

See "starting quests" and the landmarks for more quests

Involving

[9] The Big Black Bear
[10] Spider Plague
[10] Finding the Nest
[10] Free the Tree
[10] Lucky Sling-stone
[30] Instance: A Hunter's Charge - Hunter
[65] Volume II, Book 9, Epilogue: Greyhammers

Creatures

The following creatures are found within the area:

Lore

A 'bole' is a tree-trunk, so the wood's name 'Bindbole' suggests a dense and tangled forest. No map shows the northern limit of Bindbole Wood, so nobody knows how extensive it once was. However, given that much of the Northfarthing, to the north, was either farmland or moorland, the wood was presumably relatively small in size.

Note that many sources give the name of this wood as Bindbale, but 'Bindbole' is definitely the original spelling. However, Tolkien himself seems to have interpreted the name 'Bindbale' on at least one occasion, and apparently considered it to be somehow meaningful. In this sense, the name possibly refers to the nearby croplands in some way (to 'bind a bale' is to bring harvested crops together into a bundle or package). - lorebook

Maps

Gallery

Abandoned animal den in far northern Bindbole
Bridge on the road through Bindbole
Ruins atop a cliff near Bolestones
River dividing Bindbole between East & West
The eastern woods of Bindbole
A low-hanging wall can be found north of Overhill
The falls of the river through the woods

Settlements, Areas and Landmarks of The Shire
Areas:	Bindbole Wood • Bridgefields • The Delving Fields • Green Hill Country • Greenfields • The Hill • Hobbiton-Bywater • The Marish • North Bridgefields • Rushock Bog • Shire Homesteads • Tookland • The Yondershire* * Requires Quest Pack: Yondershire	Areas:
Settlements:	Brockenborings • Budgeford • Bywater • Frogmorton • Hobbiton • Little Delving • Michel Delving • Needlehole • Overhill • Scary • Stock • Tuckborough • Waymeet • Woodhall	Settlements:
Landmarks:	Abandoned Elf-camp • Appledores • Bag End • Bamfurlong • Bear Dens • Bolestones • Brandywine Bridge • Bridgefields Wall • Bucklebury Ferry • Bullroarer • Bywater Bridge • Bywater Pool • Dora Brownlock's Farm • Downs Gate • The Frogmoors • Golfimbul's Hole • The Grange • The Great Willow • Lob's Grove • Longo Burrow's Farm • The Mathom House • Methel-stage • Narrowcleeve • Old Odo's Leaf-farm • Overhill Yards • The Party Tree • Pinglade • Puddifoot's Fields • The Quarry • The Rushock Gate • Sandson's Farm • Sandyman's Mill • The Scrag-dells • The Shire Race-track • Skirmish Camp • South Fields • Southfarthing Gate • Stocktower • Three Farthing Stone • Tom Cotton's Farm • Troll's Knoll • The Water • Wellbridge • Wolf Den • The Yale-height Baranduin • Shirebourn	Landmarks:
Interiors:	Bag End • The Bird and Baby Inn • Boffin Manor • Brockenborings Watch Office • Cook's Guild Hall • Esilia's House • The Floating Log Inn • The Golden Perch • Great Smials • The Green Dragon • The Ivy Bush • The Mathom House • The Michel Delving Training Hall • The Michel Delving Vendor Hall • The Plough and Stars • The Quick Post • The Shire Auction Hall	Interiors:
Dungeons:	Gerebert Took's Home • Scary Quarry	Dungeons:
Instances:	Skirmish: The Perfect Picnic • Trouble in Tuckborough / Quest: Greenfields Warren	Instances: