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I saw this article today and thought it was really interesting!
Moseley Bog, which includes an ancient forest dating back to the Bronze Age and the historic Sarehole Mill, was located behind the house where Tolkien lived as a child. It would inspire the mysterious Old Forest, haunt of the ageless Tom Bombadil, in Book One of The Lord of the Rings. The bog was declared a Local Nature Reserve by Birmingham City Council in 1991.

