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Location
On the western shores of Nen Hithoel, above the Falls of Rauros
Important peaks
At the feet of Amon Hen, the Hill of Sight
Pronunciation
pa'rth gah'len
Meaning
Interpreted 'green sward' (where a 'sward' is an old word for a lawn of short grass)

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Parth Galen

The green lawn beneath Amon Hen

Map of Parth Galen

The green lawn above the Falls of Rauros at the feet of Amon Hen. It was here that the Company of the Ring was broken, and near here that Boromir son of Denethor slain.


See also...

Aragorn Elessar, Book of Mazarbul, Companions of the Ring, Company of the Ring, Gimli Elf-friend, Gollum, Great Horn, Grishnákh, North Wind, Orcs of the Misty Mountains, Orcs of the White Hand, Peregrin ‘Pippin’ Took I, Rauros-foot, Saruman, Seat of Seeing, [See the full list...]

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