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[[File:Dolguldur.gif|thumb|The location of Amon Lanc and Dol Guldur in Mirkwood]] | [[File:Dolguldur.gif|thumb|The location of Amon Lanc and Dol Guldur in Mirkwood]] | ||
'''Amon Lanc''', the Naked Hill, was a hill in the southern parts of [[Mirkwood|Greenwood the Great]]. After a millennium of the [[Third Age]] had passed, [[Sauron]] came to Amon Lanc and built a stronghold there. The hill and fortress were then together called [[Dol Guldur]], and the wood it which it stood became known as [[Mirkwood]].<ref name=UT>{{UT|7}}</ref> | '''Amon Lanc''', the Naked Hill, was a hill in the southern parts of [[Mirkwood|Greenwood the Great]]. After a millennium of the [[Third Age]] had passed, [[Sauron]] came to Amon Lanc and built a stronghold there. The hill and fortress were then together called [[Dol Guldur]], and the wood it which it stood became known as [[Mirkwood]].<ref name=UT>{{UT|7}}</ref> | ||
In the [[Fourth Age]], southern Mirkwood became known as [[East Lórien]]<ref>{{App|Great}}</ref> and Amon Lanc obviously became part of it. | |||
==Etymology== | ==Etymology== | ||
''Amon Lanc'' is a [[Sindarin]] name, consisting of ''[[amon]]'' ("hill") + ''[[lanc]]'' ("naked").<ref name=UT/> | ''Amon Lanc'' is a [[Sindarin]] name, consisting of ''[[amon]]'' ("hill") + ''[[lanc]]'' ("naked").<ref name=UT/> |
Revision as of 11:45, 20 December 2012
Amon Lanc, the Naked Hill, was a hill in the southern parts of Greenwood the Great. After a millennium of the Third Age had passed, Sauron came to Amon Lanc and built a stronghold there. The hill and fortress were then together called Dol Guldur, and the wood it which it stood became known as Mirkwood.[1]
In the Fourth Age, southern Mirkwood became known as East Lórien[2] and Amon Lanc obviously became part of it.
Etymology
Amon Lanc is a Sindarin name, consisting of amon ("hill") + lanc ("naked").[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Unfinished Tales, "The Disaster of the Gladden Fields"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix B, "The Great Years"