Eight hundred acres of beautiful fields and meadows, the Heathertoe Farm, the largest farmstead of Brill-land, lay about a mile southwest of Brill. A small army of workers tended the holding.The Heathertoe-clan kept sheep, cattle, pigs, chickens, geese, and ducks; on the fields grew wheat, rye, some hops and barley, potatoes, turnips, parsnips, cabbages, peas, flax, and beans. The orchard boasted a variety of fruit trees, and the manor included an icehouse.
The manor was a large stone building built in a square around a central courtyard. Each of the two main floors surrounded three sides of the court and contained three 10' by 12' rooms and several smaller chambers. The remaining side comprised a pair of small closets and a 30' by 12' hall; the cellar below it held the kitchens and pantry Ceilings were low—no more than seven feet high, and generally measuring a little over six feet. A storage loft was located above the hall, forming a spacious attic. The Heathertoes often shared the manor with a few farm workers and servants; the remainder lived in small cottages on the estate. The Heathertoe house was thought quite luxurious and grand by the people of Brill. Rebuilt in T.A. 1410 after it was destroyed by the marauding troops of Angmar, the building was in excellent repair and solidly constructed.
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- MERP:Bree and the Barrow-Downs