Edhellond

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Place from Tolkien's Legendarium

Location of Edhellond in Gondor
Name Edhellond (Elf-Harbour)
Description Harbour
Constructed by The Sindar
Realm(s) None
later Gondor
 
Lord Princes of Dol Amroth
Type Harbour-town

In J. R. R. Tolkien's fictional universe of Middle-earth, Edhellond was an ancient harbour in south Gondor.

Edhellond (Sindarin for Elf Harbour) had been founded by the Nandorin Elves of Lórien long before the end of the First Age, as a place where they built ships to leave for Valinor.

Amroth, Prince of Lórien, was lost at or near Edhellond in the year 1981 of the Third Age while looking for his beloved Nimrodel. One of Nimrodel's handmaidens, the Elf Mithrellas, was taken by Imrazôr the Númenórean as his wife, and their son Galador founded the line of the Princes of Dol Amroth.

Edhellond was built at the mouth of the rivers Ringló and Morthond, where they flow into Cobas Haven. By the time of the War of the Ring, no Elves remained there, and it was either occupied by the people of Dol Amroth or simply abandoned.


Realms from J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium during the Second Age
Realms of Men Arnor | Gondor | Lond Daer | Númenor | Rohan | Umbar
Realms of the Elves Dorwinion | Edhellond | Eregion | Lindon | Lórinand | Greenwood the Great | Rivendell
Realms of the Dwarves Belegost | Khazad-dûm
Realms of the Ents Fangorn forest
Realms of the enemy Cirith Ungol | Mordor
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