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Dates
Built some time after III 2340
Location
Leading off the East Road at the northern end of the High Hay
Race
Culture
Meaning
A 'hay' in this context is a boundary hedge or fence, a reference to the High Hay or Hedge through which the gate led
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Hay Gate

The northern gate of the High Hay

Map of the Hay Gate

The land of the Hobbits east of Brandywine was under constant danger from the Old Forest to the east, and so its inhabitants had grown a great Hedge, also called the High Hay, along its eastern borders. At its northern end, the Hedge turned westwards along the East-West Road and so came down to the banks of the river. A traveller on the road wishing to enter Buckland would therefore need to pass through the Hay, whose only entrance at this northern point was a guarded gate known variously as the Hay Gate, the North-gate and the Buckland Gate.


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