Dates

Built by the Gondorians early in the history of their realm (c. II 3320); known as the Hornburg after the time of Helm Hammerhand (died III 2759)¹

Location

On the Hornrock, guarding the entrance to Helm's Deep in the northern White Mountains

Origins

Constructed by the early Gondorians

Race

Divisions

Originally Dúnedain, later Northmen

Cultures

Originally Gondorians, later Rohirrim

Pronunciation

ho'rnburg

Meaning

'Fortress of the horn' (a reference to the horn of Helm Hammerhand)

Other names

The Burg, Súthburg²

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Hornburg

The castle that guarded Helm’s Deep

Years of the TreesFirst AgeISecond AgeIIThird AgeIIIFourth AgeIV

The castle that stood in the Deeping-coomb in northern Rohan, and guarded the entrance to Helm's Deep.

Notes

1	The timeline for this entry shows the period when this fortress was known as the Hornburg, a period which encompasses the last centuries of the Third Age. The fortress itself was far older, and had stood for nearly three thousand years before Helm's time.
2	We don't have a specific name used for the Hornburg before the coming of the Rohirrim. References to it before that time simply use the name 'fortress of Aglarond'.

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