Besides Bree itself, there was Staddle on the other side of the hill, Combe in a deep valley a little further eastward, and Archet on the edge of the Chetwood. Lying round Bree-hill and the villages was a small country of fields and tamed woodland only a few miles broad. [...]
Down in a deep hollow away north of the Road there were wisps of rising smoke that showed where Combe lay;
- The Fellowship of the Ring (Book 1), Chapter 9
Combe is one of the three smaller villages surrounding Bree. It lies in a deep valley on the eastern end of Bree-hill.