The Angle - Middle-earth Hexcrawl

An installment of my hexmap for Middle-earth project. Follow the "Middle-earth Hexmap" tag for all entries in this series.The Angle is a wedge of land between the rivers of Hoarwell and Loudwater, south of the Great East Road.The AngleWhen Bilbo - and later Frodo & company - traveled towards Elrond's House, the Angle is what lay below the road. It's a delta of arable lands where once the splinter kingdom of Rhudaur once built its strength, before it was cowed by Angmar in the north. Before the time of Bilbo, folk that were kin to Smeagol lived along the river. You might spy one or two of them in this hexcrawl.At the time of Bilbo, the forest above the Angle was haunted by trolls. Hence, it was called the Trollshaws. The Trollshaws are the primary focus of this section of the Middle-earth Hexcrawl, but you can chunk the Angle out as a separate, distinct region.46.87 THE LAST BRIDGE. An ancient bridge with three arches crosses the River Hoarwell at the bottom of a deep valley. This is…