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The system of reckoning dates unique to the [[Hobbits of the Shire]], based on the founding of that land in [[ | The system of reckoning dates unique to the [[Hobbits of the Shire]], based on the founding of that land in [[Third Age|T.A.]] 1601. The [[Shire-hobbits]] reckoned this as year 1. So, years of the Third Age can be converted to [[Shire-years]] by subtracting 1600 (e.g. the [[Downfall of Barad-dûr]] occurred in III 3019, but in the Shire this was counted as the year 1419). | ||
The [[Shire-folk]] took no account of the change of Age in III 3021. While the other peoples of [[Middle-earth]] considered this to be the first year of the [[Fourth Age]], in the [[Shire]] it was simply 1421. | The [[Shire-folk]] took no account of the change of Age in III 3021. While the other peoples of [[Middle-earth]] considered this to be the first year of the [[Fourth Age]], in the [[Shire]] it was simply 1421. | ||
Revision as of 22:57, 24 November 2005
The system of reckoning dates unique to the Hobbits of the Shire, based on the founding of that land in T.A. 1601. The Shire-hobbits reckoned this as year 1. So, years of the Third Age can be converted to Shire-years by subtracting 1600 (e.g. the Downfall of Barad-dûr occurred in III 3019, but in the Shire this was counted as the year 1419).
The Shire-folk took no account of the change of Age in III 3021. While the other peoples of Middle-earth considered this to be the first year of the Fourth Age, in the Shire it was simply 1421.
