Helm's Dike
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Helm's Dike | |
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Fortification | |
File:Helm's Dike.jpg | |
General Information | |
Location | Deeping-coomb |
Type | Fortification |
Description | Earthen wall and ditch |
Regions | Rohan |
History | |
Events | Battle of the Hornburg |
Helm's Dike was an earthen wall that shielded the Deeping-coomb.
History
The dike was built as an outlying defense of the Hornburg, some quarter mile in front of the burg and deeping-wall.
In the early stages of the Battle of the Hornburg, Uruk-Hai attacked the dike. Gamling commanded the defense, but was overrun. Though he managed to retreat, the dike was broken and partially leveled.