Barad Nimras

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Barad Nimras
Tower
Matěj Čadil - Barad Nimras.jpg
"Barad Nimras" by Matěj Čadil
General Information
LocationFalas, west of Eglarest
TypeTower
DescriptionWhite tower overlooking the sea
People and History
InhabitantsNoldor (Elves of Nargothrond) and/or Falathrim
DestroyedF.A. 473, Fall of the Falas
GalleryImages of Barad Nimras

Barad Nimras (S. 'Tower of the White Horn'[1]) was a tower on a headland westward of Eglarest[2] built by Finrod Felagund. Its purpose was to watch the western seas, and warn of any naval attack by Morgoth's forces. As Morgoth never mounted any attack from the ocean, the tower was never in fact needed.[3]

In the year after the Nirnaeth Arnoediad, though, Morgoth did launch a land-based attack on Eglarest and Brithombar, and Barad Nimras was torn down at that time by the very foes it was meant to guard against.[4]

Etymology

Barad Nimras is a Sindarin name from barad "tower", nimp "white" and ras "horn". It may be a reference to the tower itself, or perhaps to the narrow cape on which it stood.

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