Dates
Destroyed at the end of the First AgeLocation
Encircling the hidden valley of Tumladen, to the west of DorthonionRace
Division
Culture
Settlements
Gondolin stood on the hill of Amon Gwareth within the Encircling Mountains; the mine of Anghabar was in the northern part of the range
Source
A river once flowed out of these mountains into Sirion, recorded only as the Dry RiverPasses
Other names
Echoriath, Mountains of Turgon; the southern part of this range was known as the Crissaegrim
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Encircling Mountains
The protective mountains of Gondolin
Also called the Echoriath and (in the south) the Crissaegrim; the circular mountain range that surrounded and concealed the valley of Tumladen and the city of Gondolin.
See also...
Amon Gwareth, Anghabar, Child of the Twilight, Cirith Thoronath, Dark Guard, Dimbar, Dry River, Eagles, Eagles’ Cleft, Eagles of the North, Eärendil, Elves of Beleriand, Elves of Gondolin, Exiles of Gondolin, Fingolfin, [See the full list...]First Gate, Fourth Gate, Gate of Bronze, Gate of Stone, Gate of Wood, Gate of Writhen Iron, Glorfindel, Gondolin, Guarded Gate, Hidden City, Hidden King, Hidden Kingdom, Hidden People, Hidden Realm, Hidden Rock, Hidden Way, High Seat of Vinyamar, Huor, Iron Gate, Iron Guards, Ondolindë, Orfalch Echor, Rock of the Music of Water, Sauron’s Isle, Second Gate, Seven Gates of Gondolin, Seven Names of Gondolin, Seventh Gate, Sindar of Nevrast, ‘The Fall of Gondolin’, Third Gate, Tumladen, Tumladen, Way of Escape
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