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[[File:Dolguldur.gif|thumb|The location of Amon Lanc and Dol Guldur in Mirkwood]]
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'''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 his [[Siege of Barad-dûr|defeat]] 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 in 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.
In the [[Fourth Age]], southern Mirkwood became known as [[East Lórien]]<ref>{{App|Great}}</ref> and Amon Lanc obviously became part of it.

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File:Dolguldur.gif
The location of Amon Lanc and Dol Guldur in Mirkwood

Amon Lanc, the Naked Hill, was a hill in the southern parts of Greenwood the Great.

After a millennium of his defeat 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 in 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]

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