Tomb of Elendil
Elendil was the first High King of the realms of the Dúnedain in Middle-earth, who was lost in the War of the Last Alliance in the final...
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Rath Dínen
Behind the Closed Door, Fen Hollen, in the sixth circle of Minas Tirith, lay a steep, winding pathway that led down beneath the shadow of...
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Rammas Echor
The great wall that surrounded Minas Tirith and enclosed the Fields of the Pelennor. It was repaired in the time of the War of the Ring,...
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Old Road
A name sometimes used for the East-West Road that lead through Eriador to Rivendell, and especially for its eastern reaches beyond the town...
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North Gate
A gate built by the Bucklanders to protect their land. It stood at the northern tip of Buckland, where the High Hay met the East Road, just...
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Morannon
The Black Gate that Sauron built across the entrance of the valley of Udûn, the only opening in the mountainous defences of his Black Land...
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House of the Stewards (tomb)
While the Kings of Gondor were laid to rest in individual tombs on Minas Tirith’s Silent Street, the Stewards were buried in a...
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Haudh-en-Nirnaeth
The great mournful hill that stood in the central parts of Anfauglith’s Gasping Dust, also known as the Haudh-en-Ndengin (‘Hill...
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Greenway
Especially in the northern parts of Middle-earth, the name given to the overgrown remains of the ancient North-South Road that ran from...
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Great Gate of Gondolin
The Seventh Gate said by some to have been added to the existing six gates of Gondolin by Maeglin, after Morgoth’s victory in the...
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Glæmscrafu
The name among the Rohirrim for the shining caverns that lay behind Helm’s Deep in the White Mountains, better known as the...
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Gates of Argonath
As the Great River Anduin flowed southwards into the region of the Emyn Muil, the land rose up on both sides of the river, leaving a narrow...
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Gate of the Noldor
A gateway in the mountains between northern Nevrast and Hithlum, built by the Noldor who followed Turgon in the earliest years of the First...
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Endless Stair
On the peak of Zirakzigil, also called Celebdil, the Mountains of Moria were overlooked by Durin’s Tower, carved out of the rock...
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