Dates

Built I 472 or shortly thereafter; fell to Morgoth I 510

Location

Guarding the entrance from the Orfalch Echor onto the plain of Tumladen

Origins

Made by Maeglin

Race

Divisions

Noldor and Sindar

Culture

Settlements

Other names

The Gate of Steel, The Great Gate of Gondolin, The Seventh Gate

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Last Gate

The Seventh of the Seven Gates of Gondolin

Years of the TreesFirst AgeISecond AgeIIThird AgeIIIFourth AgeIV

Map of the Last Gate of Gondolin

The location of the Last Gate within the Orfalch Echor (not to scale)

The location of the Last Gate within the Orfalch Echor (not to scale)

The last of Gondolin's gates was last not only in the order they were encountered by one entering the city, but also the last to be built. The Last Gate stood below the Golden Gate, and was the final entrance to Turgon's Hidden City. After the narrow escape of the Gondolindrim from the Nirnaeth Arnoediad, this immensely strong gate was made from steel and built across the inner end of the Orfalch Echor.

See also...

Crown of the Hidden Kingdom, Gate of Steel, Seventh Gate

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