Length of "one league"

[friendoftheshire]

According to dictionary.com, 1 league is equivalent to 3 statute miles. Is this how we should interpret "league" in LOTR ? Or is Tolkien referring to "1 league == 1 mile" ?

Thanks

FriendOfTheShire

[emplynx]

*also has wondered what a league is considered*

[Gimly]

I think that Tolkien meant the real league in his books. He used miles there as well.

[Michael Martinez]

Tolkien's league equates to three miles.

[friendoftheshire]

Gimly,

Do you have references to where Tolkien used miles in the book as opposed to leagues ?

Thanks

FOTS

[Michael Martinez]

You can find examples of Tolkien's use of "miles" in the Prologue and in "A long expected party".

[bropous]

Holy Hannah, the hobbits sure covered some incredible distances...