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Dates
Destroyed at the end of the First Age
Location
Origins
Apparently established as part of the Dwarf-road from the Blue Mountains
Race
Used especially by Dwarves
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Ford of StonesSarn Athrad on GelionA ford that crossed the wide river Gelion just to the north of the inflow of Ascar. Its Elvish name was Sarn Athrad, of which 'Ford of Stones' is a direct translation. It marked the point where the Dwarf-road out of the Blue Mountains crossed into East Beleriand and led on westwards towards the forest kingdom Doriath. At least on the eastern side of the ford, the banks of Gelion rose relatively steeply from the river, and were covered with fairly dense woodland.1 The Ford of Stones is notable as the place of an important battle. The Dwarves had passed across the ford to Menegroth for centuries, but a time came when Thingol commissioned them to reforge the Nauglamír, mounting it with a Silmaril. The Dwarves were so filled with desire for the reforged Necklace that they slew King Thingol and escaped with his treasures, but as they fled back across the Ford of Stones they were intercepted by Beren and the Green-elves. The treasure was reclaimed, but the Lord of Nogrod, leader of the Dwarves, cursed it. Beren drowned most of the cursed hoard in the waters of Ascar, but the Silmaril was saved and would later pass into the West with Eärendil. Notes
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