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Dates Probably destroyed at the end of the First Age1 Location In the centre of the Forest of Brethil, westward of Doriath Race Men Division Edain Culture People of Haleth Family House of Haleth Settlements Ephel Brandir was built on this hill Pronunciation a'mon o'bel Meaning Probably 'hill of the fenced homestead'2 Indexes: Alphabetical: A Hills and Mountains About this entry: Updated 13 May 2017 Updates planned: 1 The fortified hill at the heart of Brethil Years of the Trees First Age I Second Age II Third Age III Fourth Age IV The hill around which the Forest of Brethil spread. Most of the Woodmen of Brethil dwelt there in the later First Age, within the stockade known as Ephel Brandir. Notes 1 According to tradition, the Stone of the Hapless survived the inrushing seas at the end of the First Age to remain visible as an island far off the coasts of Middle-earth. That Stone lay only about thirty miles westward of Amon Obel, and at a lower elevation, so it seems plausible that the hill also survived as an island after most of the surrounding lands were consumed by the Great Sea. 2 Amon certainly means 'hill', but the name element Obel is not specifically explained in reference to this hill. In other contexts (for example, Radagast's old home of Rhosgobel) it means 'fenced homestead', and given the existence of the palisaded stockade of Ephel Brandir on its heights, it seems unavoidable that this is also the intended meaning here. The stockade of Ephel Brandir was not built until about the year I 495, so it seems to follow that Amon Obel must have had a different name before that time, but no earlier name for the hill is recorded. See also... Ephel, Halethrim, People of Haleth, Shuddering Water Indexes: Alphabetical: A Hills and Mountains About this entry: Updated 13 May 2017 Updates planned: 1 For acknowledgements and references, see the Disclaimer & Bibliography page. Original content © copyright Mark Fisher 1999, 2001, 2017. All rights reserved. For conditions of reuse, see the Site FAQ. Website services kindly sponsored by myDISCprofile, the free online personality test.How do your personal strengths fit in with career matching? How can you identify them? Try a free personality test from myDISCprofile.

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Dates Probably destroyed at the end of the First Age1 Location In the centre of the Forest of Brethil, westward of Doriath Race Men Division Edain Culture People of Haleth Family House of Haleth Settlements Ephel Brandir was built on this hill Pronunciation a'mon o'bel Meaning Probably 'hill of the fenced homestead'2 Indexes: Alphabetical: A Hills and Mountains About this entry: Updated 13 May 2017 Updates planned: 1 The fortified hill at the heart of Brethil

Years of the Trees First Age I Second Age II Third Age III Fourth Age IV Map of Amon Obel

The hill around which the Forest of Brethil spread. Most of the Woodmen of Brethil dwelt there in the later First Age, within the stockade known as Ephel Brandir. Notes 1 According to tradition, the Stone of the Hapless survived the inrushing seas at the end of the First Age to remain visible as an island far off the coasts of Middle-earth. That Stone lay only about thirty miles westward of Amon Obel, and at a lower elevation, so it seems plausible that the hill also survived as an island after most of the surrounding lands were consumed by the Great Sea. 2 Amon certainly means 'hill', but the name element Obel is not specifically explained in reference to this hill. In other contexts (for example, Radagast's old home of Rhosgobel) it means 'fenced homestead', and given the existence of the palisaded stockade of Ephel Brandir on its heights, it seems unavoidable that this is also the intended meaning here. The stockade of Ephel Brandir was not built until about the year I 495, so it seems to follow that Amon Obel must have had a different name before that time, but no earlier name for the hill is recorded. See also... Ephel, Halethrim, People of Haleth, Shuddering Water Indexes: Alphabetical: A Hills and Mountains About this entry: Updated 13 May 2017 Updates planned: 1 For acknowledgements and references, see the Disclaimer & Bibliography page. Original content © copyright Mark Fisher 1999, 2001, 2017. All rights reserved. For conditions of reuse, see the Site FAQ. Website services kindly sponsored by myDISCprofile, the free online personality test.How do your personal strengths fit in with career matching? How can you identify them? Try a free personality test from myDISCprofile.