Dates

Turned into a desert in the Dagor Bragollach in I 455

Location

North of Beleriand, between Dorthonion and Angband

Pronunciation

a'rd-ga'len (the 'a' in 'galen' is pronounced as in 'father', not as in 'gale')

Meaning

'Green region'

Other names

After the Bragollach, this plain was known as Anfauglith

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Ard-galen

The former name of Anfauglith

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Map of Ard-galen

Somewhat conjectural

Somewhat conjectural

The wide green plain that lay between the northern fences of Beleriand and Morgoth's fortress of Angband; it was destroyed by flame in the Dagor Bragollach and renamed Anfauglith.

See also...

Angrod, Barad Eithel, Battle of the Bragollach, Dagor Aglareb, Dagor Bragollach, Dagor-nuin-Giliath, Dor-nu-Fauglith, Ered Engrin, Fourth Battle, Gasping Dust, Long Peace, Men of Dorthonion, Morgoth, Ruin of Beleriand, The Highway, [See the full list...]Third Battle

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