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Dates The use of this name presumably dated from III 2002,1 when its associated city was renamed as Minas Tirith; the city itself (as Minas Anor) dated back to the closing years of the Second Age Location An outlying hill at the eastern end of the White Mountains, eastward of Mindolluin Race Men Division Dúnedain Culture Gondorians (Men of Minas Tirith) Settlements Minas Tirith Pronunciation ah'mon ti'rith Meaning 'Hill of Guard' Other names Hill of Guard Indexes: Alphabetical: A Hills and Mountains About this entry: Updated 22 September 2014 This entry is complete The Hill of Guard Years of the Trees First Age I Second Age II Third Age III Fourth Age IV The rocky hill on which the city and fortress of Minas Tirith was built. The steep-sided hill had been worked by the expert stonemasons of the Dúnedain to create a city of seven levels, with a sharply narrowing buttress of stone passing up through all seven of those levels. The name Amon Tirith must be a later coining (from Minas Tirith, the name given to the city in III 2002 or soon afterwards). Before that point, the city was known as Minas Anor, and the hill was therefore presumably called Amon Anor, but no direct evidence for this earlier name exists. Notes 1 The timeline for this article shows the period when the hill would have been known as Amon Tirith. Of course, the hill existed before this date, and it would have had at least one earlier name (and according to comments reproduced in The Nature of Middle-earth, this earlier name was Amon Anor). Plausibly, it may have had a yet earlier pre-Númenórean name dating back to the days before the settlement of the Dúnedain. See also... Hill of Guard, Minas Tirith, Mundburg, Stone-city, Tower of Guard, White Mountains Indexes: Alphabetical: A Hills and Mountains About this entry: Updated 22 September 2014 This entry is complete For acknowledgements and references, see the Disclaimer & Bibliography page. Original content © copyright Mark Fisher 2010, 2013-2014. All rights reserved. For conditions of reuse, see the Site FAQ. Website services kindly sponsored by Axiom Discovery aptitude and skill testing.Axiom Discovery gives you comprehensive online aptitude testing covering core skills across a wide range of disciplines.

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Dates The use of this name presumably dated from III 2002,1 when its associated city was renamed as Minas Tirith; the city itself (as Minas Anor) dated back to the closing years of the Second Age Location An outlying hill at the eastern end of the White Mountains, eastward of Mindolluin Race Men Division Dúnedain Culture Gondorians (Men of Minas Tirith) Settlements Minas Tirith Pronunciation ah'mon ti'rith Meaning 'Hill of Guard' Other names Hill of Guard Indexes: Alphabetical: A Hills and Mountains About this entry: Updated 22 September 2014 This entry is complete The Hill of Guard

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

The rocky hill on which the city and fortress of Minas Tirith was built. The steep-sided hill had been worked by the expert stonemasons of the Dúnedain to create a city of seven levels, with a sharply narrowing buttress of stone passing up through all seven of those levels. The name Amon Tirith must be a later coining (from Minas Tirith, the name given to the city in III 2002 or soon afterwards). Before that point, the city was known as Minas Anor, and the hill was therefore presumably called Amon Anor, but no direct evidence for this earlier name exists. Notes 1 The timeline for this article shows the period when the hill would have been known as Amon Tirith. Of course, the hill existed before this date, and it would have had at least one earlier name (and according to comments reproduced in The Nature of Middle-earth, this earlier name was Amon Anor). Plausibly, it may have had a yet earlier pre-Númenórean name dating back to the days before the settlement of the Dúnedain. See also... Hill of Guard, Minas Tirith, Mundburg, Stone-city, Tower of Guard, White Mountains Indexes: Alphabetical: A Hills and Mountains About this entry: Updated 22 September 2014 This entry is complete For acknowledgements and references, see the Disclaimer & Bibliography page. Original content © copyright Mark Fisher 2010, 2013-2014. All rights reserved. For conditions of reuse, see the Site FAQ. Website services kindly sponsored by Axiom Discovery aptitude and skill testing.Axiom Discovery gives you comprehensive online aptitude testing covering core skills across a wide range of disciplines.