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'''Eastfold''' was a part of the realm of [[Rohan]]. Laying between the [[White Mountains]] and [[Entwash]], it was bounded by the [[Mering Stream]] at the east and [[Snowbourn]] River at the west.
That part of the realm of [[Rohan]] and west of [[Anórien]] in [[Gondor]]. Bounded by the [[Mering Stream]], the [[Entwash]] and [[Snowbourn]] River at the west, it was near the location of the city of [[Edoras]], and bordered [[Westfold]].


The term '''East Dales''' probably refers to the northern slopes and valleys of the [[White Mountains]] east of the [[Folde]]
The whole area was traversed by the [[Great West Road]] parallel to the Mountain range. Locations of the Eastfold included the [[Folde]] to the west, with the capital city of [[Edoras]] nearby, and the [[Fenmark]], being the south-eastern borders of Rohan. To the east laid [[Anórien]] of [[Gondor]].<ref>{{RK|Map}}</ref>


==East Dales==
A similar name, the '''East Dales''', are mentioned when it is told how the [[Rohirrim]] who had fallen in the [[Battle of the Hornburg]] were buried in two mounds; "those of the [[Westfold]] in one and those from the East Dales in another."<ref>{{TT|III8}}</ref> It has been suggested that the name is obviously a synonym for Eastfold.<ref>{{HM|RC}}, pg. 419</ref>
East Dales are mentioned when it is told how the [[Rohirrim]] who had fallen in the [[Battle of the Hornburg]] were buried in two mounds; "those of the [[Westfold]] in one and those from the East Dales in another."<ref>{{TT|III8}}</ref>
 
[[Wayne G. Hammond]] and [[Christina Scull]] explain the name is obviously a synonym for Eastfold<ref>[[The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion]], pg. 419</ref>


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Revision as of 12:58, 11 February 2018

Eastfold
Region
General Information
LocationEastern Rohan, between the Snowbourn and the Mering Stream
TypeRegion
InhabitantsRohirrim

Eastfold was a part of the realm of Rohan. Laying between the White Mountains and Entwash, it was bounded by the Mering Stream at the east and Snowbourn River at the west.

The whole area was traversed by the Great West Road parallel to the Mountain range. Locations of the Eastfold included the Folde to the west, with the capital city of Edoras nearby, and the Fenmark, being the south-eastern borders of Rohan. To the east laid Anórien of Gondor.[1]

A similar name, the East Dales, are mentioned when it is told how the Rohirrim who had fallen in the Battle of the Hornburg were buried in two mounds; "those of the Westfold in one and those from the East Dales in another."[2] It has been suggested that the name is obviously a synonym for Eastfold.[3]

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