Dates

Inhabited by Elves for at least 3,500 years before the first rising of the Sun; enclosed within the Girdle of Melian c. 29 years before the Return of the Noldor; Doriath sacked I 509; ultimately destroyed at the end of the First Age

Location

The lesser northwestern forest of Doriath, separated from the Forest of Region by the River Esgalduin

Race

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Culture

Pronunciation

ne'ldoreth

Meaning

'Host of beeches'¹

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Forest of Neldoreth

The lesser, northern forest of Doriath

The beech-forest on the banks of the River Esgalduin that formed the northern and lesser part of the Kingdom of Doriath.

1	The Elvish word neldor literally means 'three-tree', a reference to the famous three-trunked beech tree Hírilorn, which gave its name to all other trees of its kind.