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Dates
Destroyed at the end of the First Age
Location
Above the western bank of the river Narog, midway along its course
Settlements
Nargothrond was built beneath the hills of the Faroth
Pronunciation
fah'roth ('th' as in 'cloth')
Meaning
'Hunters' (usually translated as the 'Hills of the Hunters')
Other names

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The Faroth

A name for the hills above Nargothrond

Map of the Faroth

A shortened form of the name Taur-en-Faroth (or 'High Faroth'). This was the forested range of hills whose eastern end fell with a sudden steep drop into the ravine of Narog, and beneath which lay the underground realm of Nargothrond. The full name is commonly translated 'Hills of the Hunters'.


See also...

High Faroth

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