In "The Hobbit", what is "The Carrock?"

[goodwarlord]

Can you please tell me what the carrock was, i think that it was a place, or maybe my vocabualy is a little weak and it's an actual word!


HELP!

[The Warden of the Keys]

Originally posted by goodwarlord
Can you please tell me what the carrock was, i think that it was a place, or maybe my vocabualy is a little weak and it's an actual word!
It was a hill of stone in the midst of the river Anduin. From its eastern end the shore could be reached by a ford, but the western end dropped into the deeper parts of the river. Stone steps had been hewn out of the rock to allow access to the summit from the eastern end and a small cave opened at the foot of the steps.
Called "The Carrok" by the Beornings, but all significant stone formations rising amid the waters of Anduin were carrocks (the largest one was Tol Brandir).

[Lanelf]

Yes, it's the rock near Beorn's place. As far as I know, it's not an actual word.
Lanelf.

[Agburanar]

It was called 'The Carrock' because Carrock is his name for it!

[SamwiseGamgeeOTS]

Originally posted by Agburanar
It was called 'The Carrock' because Carrock is his name for it!

rock on

[Fimbrethil]

Did Beorn just pick random names for the stuff he considered his?

[durin's bane]

I think he picked names from special languages from animals or something. Since he can become a bear, maybe "carrock" means "rock" or "stone" in bear-language. Or maybe the word "carrock" had some special signifigance in his past.


As for the answer to the main question, the carrock is this big rock formation near Beorn's land.

[Agburanar]

Maybe because he didn't really care about men, he didn't accept their terminology as the definite names. Like I won't accept the word 'Googleplex' because I invented a better word before I'd heard the stupid term...