Finding the Cottage of Lost Play

[Arvegil145]

Originally Posted by Huinesoron

Having driven across the Barrow-Downs and seen exactly how hard it is to figure out where you are or which way you're going, he definitely did!

While I had BoLT out anyway, I went through and put all the Eressea locations on a map:

The Lonely Isle

Cool map! There are some other locations missing however - this category on TG (https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Cate...l_Eress%C3%ABa ) lists some more obscure ones such as Estirin (Exeter), Tol Withernon (possibly Withernsea) and Fladweth Amrod (possibly Gipsy Green near Penkridge).


I also wonder if you think the geography of Tol Eressea was changed once Tolkien decided to make it a separate island from Britain in c. 1919/1920? Because, while 5th century Ottor was changed to 10th/11th century Aelfwine, the characters and locations on Eressea remained largely unchanged until Tolkien abandoned the BoLT altogether.