Dates

Destroyed at the end of the First Age

Location

On the upper course of the river Aros at the eastern end of Nan Dungortheb, on the border between Dor Dínen and Himlad

Race

Elves

Culture

Sindar

Source

Aros flowed down to the crossing from two separate sources in Ered Gorgoroth to the north

Outflow

Aros ran on along the borders of Doriath to meet Sirion far to the southwest

Pronunciation

aro'ssee-ach (ch is in German Bach)

Meaning

'Fords of Aros' (Aros means 'bloody', in reference to its reddish waters)

Other names

Fords of Aros

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Updated 15 August 2019
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Arossiach

The crossing of the Aros

Years of the TreesFirst AgeISecond AgeIIThird AgeIIIFourth AgeIV

The ford on the upper reaches of the River Aros, where the long and perilous road through Nan Dungortheb crossed eastward into the lands of East Beleriand.

Arossiach

The crossing of the Aros

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