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The '''Southward Road''' in [[Ithilien]] was a road that went down from the [[Black Gate]] through the [[Cross-roads]] of the Fallen King, and then merging into the [[Harad Road]].<ref>{{TT|Journey}}: "''and then suddenly there it was before them: the Southward Road...''"</ref><ref>{{WR|VII}}</ref>
The '''Southward Road''' was a road in [[Ithilien]] that ran from the [[Black Gate]] to the [[Cross-roads]] of the Fallen King, where it crossed the [[Morgul-road|road]] that went from [[Osgiliath]] to [[Minas Morgul]]. Just north of the Cross-roads the Southward Road wound its way near the feet of the [[Ephel Dúath]].<ref>{{TT|Journey}}, p. 702</ref>


It is not known if the name ''Southward Road'' was another name for the [[Harad Road]], which means ''South Road'' in [[Sindarin]] or if the name ''Southward Road'' was only used for a part of the road, which continued under the name ''Harad Road'' after the Cross-roads or after a point lying further to the south, such as the [[Crossings of Poros]].<ref>{{RK|Map}}</ref><ref>{{FR|Map}}</ref><ref>[[Christopher Tolkien]], [[General Map of Middle-earth]]</ref><ref>{{HM|RC}}, Hammond and Scull assume that the Southward Road ran from the Black Gate to Harad, p. 484</ref><ref>{{webcite|author=[[J.R.R. Tolkien]]|articleurl=https://www.tolkienestate.com/assets/images/megamaps/minas-tirith-plan.jpg|articlename=Unnamed map of the surroundings of Minas Tirith electronically labelled MINAS TIRITH by the Tolkien Estate|dated=|website=|accessed=21 June 2021}}</ref><ref group=note>The road that runs from the [[Morannon]] to the Cross-roads and then on to the river Poros is unnamed on the [[General Map of Middle-earth]], the [[Map of Rohan, Gondor, and Mordor]] and on the map of [[The West of Middle-earth at the End of the Third Age]]. On those maps only the part of the road between the river Poros and the river Harnen in South Gondor is named Harad Road. The part of the road that runs from the Cross-roads in Ithilien south towards the river Poros is named Harad Road on the unnamed map of the surroundings of Minas Tirith that was drawn by [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] during the writing of The Lord of the Rings, which is electronically labelled MINAS TIRITH on the Website of the Tolkien Estate.</ref>


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Revision as of 08:51, 12 August 2022

The Southward Road was a road in Ithilien that ran from the Black Gate to the Cross-roads of the Fallen King, where it crossed the road that went from Osgiliath to Minas Morgul. Just north of the Cross-roads the Southward Road wound its way near the feet of the Ephel Dúath.[1]

It is not known if the name Southward Road was another name for the Harad Road, which means South Road in Sindarin or if the name Southward Road was only used for a part of the road, which continued under the name Harad Road after the Cross-roads or after a point lying further to the south, such as the Crossings of Poros.[2][3][4][5][6][note 1]

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  1. The road that runs from the Morannon to the Cross-roads and then on to the river Poros is unnamed on the General Map of Middle-earth, the Map of Rohan, Gondor, and Mordor and on the map of The West of Middle-earth at the End of the Third Age. On those maps only the part of the road between the river Poros and the river Harnen in South Gondor is named Harad Road. The part of the road that runs from the Cross-roads in Ithilien south towards the river Poros is named Harad Road on the unnamed map of the surroundings of Minas Tirith that was drawn by J.R.R. Tolkien during the writing of The Lord of the Rings, which is electronically labelled MINAS TIRITH on the Website of the Tolkien Estate.

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