The New Zealand Army was brought in to build 1.5 km of road into the site.
Thirty-seven hobbit holes were created on the hillside with untreated timber, ply and polystyrene.
Barberry hedges and trees were brought in and gardens were nurtured throughout winter.
Each branch was numbered and chopped, then transported and bolted together on top of Bag End.
Artificial leaves were imported from Taiwan and individually wired onto the dead tree.
For nine months, 400 people toiled each day to convert this hitherto unknown place into Middle Earth.
Today, only 17 of those hobbit houses remain and they have been taken over by sheep.
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