Board Thread:General Mod Discussion/@comment-26094198-20150217224755/@comment-25375772-20150217225516

Most likely it's just a perfectly normal generation of a clearing in the Old Forest. Although I think there should be slight precautions added into the FT system that at the very least makes sure that they don't generate inside a tree trunk (which happened to me at Longbottom) or in the top of a tree (which happened to me at Caras Galadhon... a supertall mallorn, of course).

As to the barrow-downs... right now you got what you got. Barrow-wights will be the solution in the future. They should definitely have a wither effect, and maybe should be like the Marsh-wraiths in that they themselves cannot be killed... except maybe by burning in the sunlight like the Rohan Barrow-wraith. Honestly, I don't like the fact that Rohan Barrow-wraiths can be killed with a sword--they're supposed to be just like the Marsh-wraiths.