The Battle Pit was a sand-pit near the town of Bywater.
It was located a short distance east of the town.[1]
History
Originally an old sand pit used by the locals, the pit became known as the place where the Hobbits buried the dead Ruffians after the Battle of Bywater.[2] After the battle, the locals wheeled the dead Men in wagons to the pit for burial. There were a total of seventy Ruffians in total buried in the pit.[3]
Translations around the World
| Foreign Language | Translated name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Stryd put |
| Amharic | ውጊያ ጉድጓድ |
| Arabic | معركة حفرة |
| Armenian | Ճակատամարտը փոսը ? |
| Azerbaijani | Döyüş çuxur |
| Belarusian Cyrillic | бітва яма |
| Bengali | যুদ্ধ কবর |
| Bulgarian Cyrillic | Бойна яма |
| Cambodian | រណ្តៅសមរភូមិ |
| Catalan | Pou de batalla |
| Chinese | 战斗坑 |
| Croatian | Bitka jama |
| Czech | Bitva jáma |
| Estonian | Lahing auk |
| Finnish | Sotamonttu |
| French | Fosse de bataille |
| Galician | Batalla pozo |
| German | Schlachtgrube |
| Greek | Μάχη λατομείο |
| Gujarati | યુદ્ધ ખાડો |
| Hebrew | בור קרב |
| Hindi | लड़ाई गड्ढे |
| Hungarian | Csata gödör |
| Icelandic | Bardagahola |
| Indonesian | Pertempuran lubang |
| Irish Gaelic | Poll cath |
| Italian | Battaglia fossa |
| Japanese | バトルピット |
| Kannada | ಕದನ ಪಿಟ್ |
| Kazakh | Жауынгерлік шұңқыр (Cyrillic) Jawıngerlik şuñqır (Latin) |
| Korean | 배틀 핏 |
| Latvian | Cīņa bedre |
| Lithuanian | Mūšio duobė |
| Luxembourgish | Schluecht Grouf |
| Macedonian Cyrillic | Битка јама |
| Maltese | Ġlieda għadma |
| Marathi | लढाई खड्डा |
| Mongolian Cyrillic | Дайн нүх |
| Norwegian | Slaggrav |
| Persian | گودال نبرد |
| Polish | Bitewny dół |
| Portuguese | Poço de batalha |
| Punjabi | ਬੈਟਲ ਪਿਟ |
| Romanian | Groapă luptă |
| Serbian | Битка рупа (Cyrillic) Bitka rupa (Latin) |
| Slovak | Bojová jama |
| Slovenian | Bojna jama |
| Spanish | Hoyo de batalla |
| Swahili | Vita Shimo |
| Swedish | Slåssgrav |
| Tamil | போர் குழியில் |
| Telugu | యుద్ధం పిట్ |
| Thai | รบหลุมรบ |
| Turkish | Savaş çukur |
| Vietnamese | Hố chiến trận |
| Yiddish | שלאַכט גרוב |
References
- ↑ The Atlas of Middle-earth, The Lord of the Rings, "The Battle of Bywater"
- ↑ The Complete Guide to Middle-earth
- ↑ The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, Book Six, Chapter VIII: "The Scouring of the Shire"