Barad Nimras
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| Barad Nimras | |
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| Tower | |
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| "Barad Nimras" by Matěj Čadil | |
| General Information | |
| Location | Falas, west of Eglarest |
| Type | Tower |
| Description | White tower overlooking the sea |
| People and History | |
| Inhabitants | Noldor (Elves of Nargothrond) and/or Falathrim |
| Created | F.A. 65 |
| Destroyed | F.A. 473, Fall of the Falas |
| Gallery | Images of Barad Nimras |
Barad Nimras was a tower on a headland westward of Eglarest,[1] built by Finrod Felagund in F.A. 65.[2]
Its purpose was to watch the western seas, and warn of any naval attack by Morgoth's forces. As Morgoth never mounted any attack from the ocean, the tower was never in fact needed.[3]
However, in the year after the Nirnaeth Arnoediad,[4] Morgoth did launch a land-based attack on Eglarest and Brithombar, and Barad Nimras was torn down at that time by the very foes it was meant to guard against.[5]
Etymology[edit]
Barad Nimras is Sindarin for "Tower of the White Horn",[6] from barad ("tower"), nimp ("white") + ras ("horn"). It may be a reference to the tower itself, or perhaps to the narrow cape on which it stood.
References
- ↑ 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 War of the Jewels, "The Grey Annals": §90
- ↑ 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, "The Grey Annals": §254
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Quenta Silmarillion: Of the Fifth Battle: Nirnaeth Arnoediad"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Index of Names", entry "Barad Nimras"
