[narfforc]

Wilderland is the Westron version of the Sindarin name of Rhovanion and a name genarally given to the lands between the Misty Mountains and the River Celduin (Running)....(Foster's Guide to Middle-earth). Its bounderies were approximate, but included The Misty Mountains, The River Celduin-Carnen and the Grey Mountains (Tyler's Tolkien Companion). Hobbit name for the lands beyond the Misty Mountains, [in] E[lvish i.e Sindarin] Rhovanion [sic], but often used to include the wild lands on the west side of the range, that is Eastern Eriador (A Readers Companion- Hammond and Scull). I think it basically means what you see in the map reproduced in The Hobbit, however this has some of it missing. I have always thought of Dorwinion as part of Wilderland and certainly Dol Guldur. These are in the Southern part of the map. If you draw a line across the map south of Dol Guldur and north of The Emyn Muil most of Rohan is below it (apart from the Wold), however Lorien is in the area and so is half of Fangorn. I respectfully suggest that these being Independent of the region, they should not be included, as being enclaves or parts of other sovereign nations.