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[[Image:Dimholt.jpg|thumb|300px|Dimholt from [[Peter Jackson's The Return of the King]]]]
[[File:The Lord of the Rings - The Return of the King - Dimholt.jpg|thumb|250px|Dimholt from [[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King]]]]
'''Dimholt''', within [[Dunharrow]], was a double row of standing stones marked an ancient roadway that led away into the east, towards the [[Dwimorberg]] and the [[Paths of the Dead]]. A traveller taking that road would soon come under the trees of a dark fir-wood. This was the Dimholt, a name that comes from old words literally meaning "Dark Wood". Deep within the wood stood a single great stone to mark the way, and beyond that, among the roots of the Dwimorberg, lay the Dark Door of [[The Dead]].
'''Dimholt''', was a small fir-wood of dark trees within [[Dunharrow]], outside the entrance to the [[Dark Door]].  


The Dimholt was traversed by a double row of standing stones that marked an ancient roadway leading away into the east, towards the [[Dwimorberg]] and the [[Paths of the Dead]]. Deep within a wood of black trees stood a single great stone to mark the way, and beyond that, among the roots of the Dwimorberg, lay the Dark Door of [[The Dead]].<ref>{{RK|V2}}</ref>
==Etymology==
The word is supposed to be [[Rohirric]] and the element ''dim'' has the archaic sense "obscure, secret". ''Holt'' means "wood" in occasional poetic use (also seen in the name ''[[Everholt]]'').<ref name="Nomen">{{HM|N}}, p. 768</ref>
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Dimholt, was a small fir-wood of dark trees within Dunharrow, outside the entrance to the Dark Door.

The Dimholt was traversed by a double row of standing stones that marked an ancient roadway leading away into the east, towards the Dwimorberg and the Paths of the Dead. Deep within a wood of black trees stood a single great stone to mark the way, and beyond that, among the roots of the Dwimorberg, lay the Dark Door of The Dead.[1]

Etymology

The word is supposed to be Rohirric and the element dim has the archaic sense "obscure, secret". Holt means "wood" in occasional poetic use (also seen in the name Everholt).[2]

References