The Encyclopedia of Arda - Ford of Stones (original) (raw)

ALPHABETICAL RACES PLACES MISCELLANEOUS REFERENCE INTERACTIVE SHARE User guide Latest entries FAQ and e-mail Disclaimer and bibliography Awards Old and rare words Lexicon of names Excyclopedia of Arda Movie-goer's Guides: • The Fellowship of the Ring • The Two Towers • The Return of the King The Hobbit Viewer's Companions: • An Unexpected Journey • The Desolation of Smaug • The Battle of the Five Armies Tolkien links Book news Latest Chronicle Calendar Old and rare words Lexicon of names Links Random
Dates Destroyed at the end of the First Age Location On the river Gelion, a little northward of the inflow of Ascar Origins Apparently established as part of the Dwarf-road from the Blue Mountains Race Used especially by Dwarves Culture Dwarves of the Blue Mountains Tributaries Above the inflow of Ascar, first of the six rivers of Ossiriand to flow into Gelion Other names Sarn Athrad Indexes: Alphabetical: F Rivers and Lakes About this entry: Updated 17 September 2017 This entry is complete Sarn Athrad on Gelion Years of the Trees First Age I Second Age II Third Age III Fourth Age IV A ford that crossed the wide river Gelion just to the north of the inflow of Ascar. Its Elvish name was Sarn Athrad, of which 'Ford of Stones' is a direct translation. It marked the point where the Dwarf-road out of the Blue Mountains crossed into East Beleriand and led on westwards towards the forest kingdom Doriath. At least on the eastern side of the ford, the banks of Gelion rose relatively steeply from the river, and were covered with fairly dense woodland.1 The Ford of Stones is notable as the place of an important battle. The Dwarves had passed across the ford to Menegroth for centuries, but a time came when Thingol commissioned them to reforge the Nauglamír, mounting it with a Silmaril. The Dwarves were so filled with desire for the reforged Necklace that they slew King Thingol and escaped with his treasures, but as they fled back across the Ford of Stones they were intercepted by Beren and the Green-elves. The treasure was reclaimed, but the Lord of Nogrod, leader of the Dwarves, cursed it. Beren drowned most of the cursed hoard in the waters of Ascar, but the Silmaril was saved and would later pass into the West with Eärendil. Notes 1 The Ford is not described in detail, but from the name 'Ford of Stones' we can infer that the shallows of Gelion were filled with stones or gravel at this point. The tale of the battle that took place there also gives us a handful of clues to its geography. The Dwarves crossing it eastward were weighed down by the treasure they carried and struggled to climb the eastern bank, implying that it was rather more than a gentle slope, and they were ambushed by a force of archers concealed in woodland, showing that the eastern side of the Ford must have been relatively densely forested. Indexes: Alphabetical: F Rivers and Lakes About this entry: Updated 17 September 2017 This entry is complete For acknowledgements and references, see the Disclaimer & Bibliography page. Original content © copyright Mark Fisher 2015-2017. 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 Destroyed at the end of the First Age Location On the river Gelion, a little northward of the inflow of Ascar Origins Apparently established as part of the Dwarf-road from the Blue Mountains Race Used especially by Dwarves Culture Dwarves of the Blue Mountains Tributaries Above the inflow of Ascar, first of the six rivers of Ossiriand to flow into Gelion Other names Sarn Athrad Indexes: Alphabetical: F Rivers and Lakes About this entry: Updated 17 September 2017 This entry is complete Sarn Athrad on Gelion

Years of the Trees First Age I Second Age II Third Age III Fourth Age IV Map of the Ford of Stones

A ford that crossed the wide river Gelion just to the north of the inflow of Ascar. Its Elvish name was Sarn Athrad, of which 'Ford of Stones' is a direct translation. It marked the point where the Dwarf-road out of the Blue Mountains crossed into East Beleriand and led on westwards towards the forest kingdom Doriath. At least on the eastern side of the ford, the banks of Gelion rose relatively steeply from the river, and were covered with fairly dense woodland.1 The Ford of Stones is notable as the place of an important battle. The Dwarves had passed across the ford to Menegroth for centuries, but a time came when Thingol commissioned them to reforge the Nauglamír, mounting it with a Silmaril. The Dwarves were so filled with desire for the reforged Necklace that they slew King Thingol and escaped with his treasures, but as they fled back across the Ford of Stones they were intercepted by Beren and the Green-elves. The treasure was reclaimed, but the Lord of Nogrod, leader of the Dwarves, cursed it. Beren drowned most of the cursed hoard in the waters of Ascar, but the Silmaril was saved and would later pass into the West with Eärendil. Notes 1 The Ford is not described in detail, but from the name 'Ford of Stones' we can infer that the shallows of Gelion were filled with stones or gravel at this point. The tale of the battle that took place there also gives us a handful of clues to its geography. The Dwarves crossing it eastward were weighed down by the treasure they carried and struggled to climb the eastern bank, implying that it was rather more than a gentle slope, and they were ambushed by a force of archers concealed in woodland, showing that the eastern side of the Ford must have been relatively densely forested. Indexes: Alphabetical: F Rivers and Lakes About this entry: Updated 17 September 2017 This entry is complete For acknowledgements and references, see the Disclaimer & Bibliography page. Original content © copyright Mark Fisher 2015-2017. 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.