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Dates
Established at the time of the founding of Rohan in III 2510; occupied by Dunlendings for a period,1 but reclaimed and held by the Rohirrim into the Fourth Age
Location
Race
Division
Culture
Rohirrim, with strong Dunlending influence2
Pronunciation
Rohan is pronounced 'ro'han'
Meaning
Note
Not to be confused with the similarly-named West Marches of Rohan, which lay on a different part of the Isen's course, nor the Westmarch of Shire, far to the north, nor the West March of Doriath in Beleriand
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![]() A narrow strip of land enclosed by the Rivers Isen and Adorn, running westward for some 150 miles from the White Mountains west of Helm's Deep. This was a part of the land originally gifted to Eorl by Cirion, and so had always been a true part of the realm of the Rohirrim. Over the years, however, it fell under the influence of the Dunlendings, and it was a lord from the West-march, Wulf son of Freca, who led the invasion of Rohan during the Long Winter. After the invaders had been repelled, a Dunlending presence remained in the West-march, and it was not fully reclaimed by the Rohirrim until the time of King Folcwine, nearly a hundred years later. We have few accounts bearing on the West-march after Folcwine's time, but his reconquest was apparently not permanent. In the period of a little over a century between Folcwine's death and the end of the Third Age, the West-march seems to have fallen back into the hands of the Dunlendings. Our evidence on this point is slim, but an account of the First Battle of the Fords of Isen describes a contingent of Rohirrim being driven southward towards the 'now hostile country of the Dunlendish ‘west-march’' (Unfinished Tales Part Three V, The Battles of the Fords of Isen). In notes to this same essay, it's explained that the people of the West-march had only weak loyalty to the Kings at Edoras, and were disposed to side with Saruman against their formal rulers in Rohan. The implication seems to be that, with Saruman's assistance, the Dunlendings had once again taken control of the region, doubtless aided by the decline of Théoden. After the defeat of Saruman in the War of the Ring, the new King Éomer of Rohan would presumably have established control over the West-march once again, but we have no specific record of this taking place. Notes
See also...Haudh in Gwanûr, King of Rohan, Muster of Westfold, West Marches Indexes: About this entry:
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