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Argonath

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The Argonath

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Type
Monument
Location

The Argonath (S. lit. "Royal-stones") were two enormous statues, carved in the likeness of kings from the rock of Emyn Muil, at the northern entrance to Nen Hithoel on river Anduin.

  • Type: Monument
  • Inhabitants: N/A
  • Population: 0 
  • Origin: Finished in TA 1340 by Rómendacil II.
  • Purpose: Designation of the northern boundary of Gondor.

Carved rocks flanking the chasm at the northern entrance to Nen Hithoel, these figures represented Isildur and Anárion. Since the time of Rómendacil II, Gondor's northern border had moved even farther north, making the pillars obsolete. Nonetheless, they were a magnificent spectacle, and survived into the Fourth Age.

Names[]

  • Gate of Kings
  • Gates of Argonath
  • Gates of Gondor
  • King-stones
  • Noble stones
  • Pillars of the Kings
  • Royal stones
  • Sarn Aran
  • Sern Aranath
  • Sern Erain
  • Sern Ubed
  • Stone Kings
  • Stones of Denial
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