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The Barrow-downs
The Barrow-downs must have started within the borders of the Forest and have run up quite steeply on that side, because if there had been a valley or flat space between the trees and the hills there would have been no need for the Hobbits to wander into the downs at all; they could have ridden due north and avoided them.
When they got lost in the fog they tried to bear north towards the ‘gate’ but wandered, in fact, towards the east where the downs were higher, until Frodo found himself facing south on the Barrow-wights hill.
