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A cold land of the far north beyond the Ettenmoors, centred on Carn Dûm.
History
Raised by the Witch-king around T.A. 1300; after centuries of war it broke Arthedain in 1974 and was destroyed by the Elves and Gondor the next year.
Significance
Angmar’s wars ended the northern Dúnedain kingdom and scattered the line that Aragorn later restores.
Events here
Figures of this place
Sources
The Lord of the Rings · 1954–55
Three volumes: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, The Return of the King.
