Dates

Destroyed at the end of the First Age

Location

Encircling the hidden valley of Tumladen, to the west of Dorthonion

Race

Division

Noldor and Sindar

Culture

Settlements

Gondolin stood on the hill of Amon Gwareth within the Encircling Mountains; the mine of Anghabar was in the northern part of the range

Source

A river once flowed out of these mountains into Sirion, recorded only as the Dry River

Passes

Cirith Thoronath, Orfalch Echor

Other names

Echoriath, Mountains of Turgon; the southern part of this range was known as the Crissaegrim

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Encircling Mountains

The protective mountains of Gondolin

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Map of the Encircling Mountains

Also called the Echoriath and (in the south) the Crissaegrim; the circular mountain range that surrounded and concealed the valley of Tumladen and the city of Gondolin.

See also...

Amon Gwareth, Anghabar, Child of the Twilight, Cirith Thoronath, Dark Guard, Dimbar, Dry River, Eagles, Eagles’ Cleft, Eagles of the Crissaegrim, Eagles of the North, Eärendil, Elves of Beleriand, Elves of Gondolin, Exiles of Gondolin, [See the full list...]

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