Middle-Earth

Bree is the chief village of the Bree-land. Some call it a town, especially when comparing it to its lesser cousins, the hamlets of Archet, Staddle, and Combe. Travellers who approach Bree journeying upon the great East Road see plumes of chimney-smoke first, and then a thick green hedge, flanked by a deep dike. The road coming from the west crosses over the dike on a causeway, leading to a break in that thorny row of lush greenery, where a heavy gate of wood and iron stands. Another, similar gate pierces the hedge to the south, where the road leaves the village on its way east.