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In J. R. R. Tolkien's fictional world of Middle-earth, Carrock is a stony eyot in the upper reaches of the River Anduin, to the north of the Old Ford.


In Chapter 7 of The Hobbit, Gandalf states that the steps from the base of the rock to the flat top were made by Beorn and that "Carrock" is Beorn's name for it. This is somewhat of a linguistical joke on Tolkien's part, since car in Anglo_Saxon means "rock".


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The Eotheod first came to dwell between the Gladden Fields and the Carrock on the west side of the River in 1856, and in 1977 they relocated north to live near above the source of the Anduin.
The Beornings - who were led by the skinchanger Beorn and his descendants - lived in the Vales of the Anduin near the Carrock in the later part of the Third Age.
The Carrock was a great peak of rock that rose out of the waters of the Anduin.
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