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The '''Tower Hills''' were a series of steep hills at the west end of [[Eriador]]. | The '''Tower Hills''' ([[Sindarin|Sind.]] ''[[Emyn Beraid]]'') were a series of steep hills at the west end of [[Eriador]]. | ||
They lay about 30 [[Númenóreans|Númenórean]] miles east of [[Mithlond]], the Grey Havens of [[Lindon]], and about 50 miles west of the [[White Downs]], of old the border of [[the Shire]]. | They lay about 30 [[Númenóreans|Númenórean]] miles east of [[Mithlond]], the Grey Havens of [[Lindon]], and about 50 miles west of the [[White Downs]], of old the border of [[the Shire]]. | ||
High upon the Tower Hills | High upon the Tower Hills stood three tall [[Elves|Elven]] towers, the [[White Towers]], the highest of which was called ''[[Elostirion]]'' and held a [[Palantíri|Palantír]]. The towers were built before the end of the [[Second Age]] by [[Gil-galad]] as a gift for [[Elendil]]. | ||
The Tower Hills formed the ancient border between the Elven realm of [[Lindon]] and the Kingdom of [[Arnor]], and the [[East Road|Great East Road]] which led all the way to Rivendell ran through them. | The Tower Hills formed the ancient border between the Elven realm of [[Lindon]] and the Kingdom of [[Arnor]], and the [[East Road|Great East Road]] which led all the way to Rivendell ran through them. | ||
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The Tower Hills (Sind. Emyn Beraid) were a series of steep hills at the west end of Eriador.
They lay about 30 Númenórean miles east of Mithlond, the Grey Havens of Lindon, and about 50 miles west of the White Downs, of old the border of the Shire.
High upon the Tower Hills stood three tall Elven towers, the White Towers, the highest of which was called Elostirion and held a Palantír. The towers were built before the end of the Second Age by Gil-galad as a gift for Elendil.
The Tower Hills formed the ancient border between the Elven realm of Lindon and the Kingdom of Arnor, and the Great East Road which led all the way to Rivendell ran through them.
In the early Fourth Age, Elanor daughter of Samwise Gamgee and her husband Fastred moved to the Tower Hills, founding the town of Undertowers on the eastern slopes of the Hills, and becoming the Wardens of Westmarch, when the Tower Hills became the new western border of the Shire.
