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| steep terrain | |
| Andram | |
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| General Information | |
| Location | Stretching across south Beleriand from Taur-en-Faroth to Ramdal |
| Type | steep terrain |
| Description | a long wall |
| Gallery | Images of Andram |
Andram (S. 'long wall'; and = long, ram = wall) was a "dividing fall"[1] that ran across Beleriand west to east, from beyond Nargothrond to the Gates of Sirion and ending at Ramdal, being three leagues in width from north to south.[2] The wall was pierced in two places: the gorge of Nargothrond, through which flowed the River Narog, and where the River Sirion ran underground from its falls south of the Aelin-uial to its reappearance at the Gates of Sirion.[3]
Its easternmost hill was Amon Ereb, which usually was not considered a part of Andram (indeed Ramdal meant "Wall's End").[4]
On the Second 'Silmarillion' Map, Andram is depicted as a long chain of hills, from the Falls of Sirion in the west to Rhamdal in the east, with a bend (not appearing in the Map of Beleriand and the Lands to the North) in the middle. These hills are barely visible on the original map because they are drawn in pencil, but they appear very clearly on the map drawn by Christopher Tolkien[5].
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Quenta Silmarillion: Of Beleriand and its Realms"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, "Part Two: Valinor and Middle-earth before The Lord of the Rings, VI. Quenta Silmarillion", p. 262
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Map of Beleriand and the Lands to the North"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Quenta Silmarillion: Of Beleriand and its Realms"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The War of the Jewels, "Part Two. The Later Quenta Silmarillion: Of Beleriand its Realms (Chapter 11)", Sheet 4 - South-east, p.185