Berkshire County was a county in the state of Massachusetts. The county seat, and largest city, was Pittsfield. The fictional country village of Fairbridge, the setting for the mid-20th century story of Dangerous Ground, was located in this county. (TNG: "The Big Goodbye" ) This county was only mentioned in writing. The pages seen in the episode were from the mystery novel, Dangerous Ground, by author Frances Sil Wickware. This novel was published in 1946. Information on Berkshire County was from pages 12, 72, and 95.