Burh Marhlinge

Most of the residents here are Éothraim who use it as a seasonal base, but there is also a sizeable population of Northmen from Esgaroth who seek an advance trading outpost near Dorwinion. These Men of Burh Marhlinge are avid traders and have won the favor of the local Dorwinadan lords. Nonetheless, their little town is well-fortified, for not all Easterlings are as tolerant as the Dorwinrim. Due to the great distance between Burh Marhlinge and other Northman settlements, the Northmen of Rhovanion view these cousins in the East as slightly odd.

Detailed Description
3Buhr Marhlinge was a relatively typical fortified Horse-lord village of the mid-Third Age, although its elaborate dimensions were befitting of a tribal center, not a frontier settlement. Never, however, did it reach the size of Burh Alge, the capital of the Ailgarthas tribe. Its growth was sudden, and was tied to the war against the Easterlings led by Tros Hesnef. Once an Ailgarthas clan center, it was strengthened after the arrival of the Huithyn Mahrcared in T.A. 1640.
 * Inhabitants: 50% Northman (Éothraim), 50% Folyavuldok
 * Population: 490
 * Origin: Conquered by Northmen, T.A. 1503.
 * Purpose: A trading base for Northmen on the lower River Celduin.

Burh Marhlinge was built on a very gentle rise near the confluence of the Celduin and its tributary, the Aizadraka. To conform with the angles of the land and the junction of the waters, it was given a triangular plan, with each side of equal length. A ditch was dug at the base of the rise and an earthen wall was erected with the fill. Tunnel-gates were cut through the center of each wall, and faced with reddish stone from the river. Wooden bridges provided access to the entries and a wooden pallisade crowned the walls, forming a battlement. At each of the three corners, the Horse-lords built a round bastion (Rh. "buiric") which was level with the walls and contained a rectangular guardhouse.

Inside Burh Marhlinge, the Éothraim leveled the wide hillock. Three groups of communal longhouses accommodates the population. Placed in groups of three, they occupy the three points of town and frame a large, central common. This grassy lawn is the marketplace, and temporary workshops are often built along its edges. The Huithyn's Great-hall stands near the well at the center of the common.