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'''Lithlad''' was a plain in [[Mordor]].<ref name=Lithlad>{{TT|Gate}}, second paragraph</ref>
'''Lithlad''' was a plain in [[Mordor]].<ref name=Lithlad>{{TT|Gate}}, second paragraph</ref>


The text of [[The Lord of the Rings]] does not say anything about the plain of ''Lithlad'' or about its location other than that the mountain range of the [[Ephel Duath]] and the mountain range of the [[Ered Lithui]] formed a great wall around the plains of ''Lithlad'' and of [[Plateau of Gorgoroth|Gorgoroth]], and the inland sea of [[Nurnen]] in the middle.<ref name=Lithlad/>. The plain of ''Lithlad'' does not appear on any of the maps that were published with [[The Lord of the Rings]].<ref>{{FR|Map}}</ref><ref>{{RK|Map}}</ref>
The text of ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' does not say anything about the plain of ''Lithlad'' or about its location other than that the mountain range of the [[Ephel Duath]] and the mountain range of the [[Ered Lithui]] formed a great wall around the plains of ''Lithlad'' and of [[Plateau of Gorgoroth|Gorgoroth]], and the inland sea of [[Nurnen]] in the middle.<ref name=Lithlad/> The plain of ''Lithlad'' does not appear on any of the maps that were published with ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]''.


== Other versions of the legendarium ==
== Other versions of the legendarium ==
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[[Category:Fields, plains and deserts]]
[[Category:Fields, plains and deserts]]
[[Category:Mordor]]
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[[Category:Sindarin locations]]

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Lithlad
Plain
General Information
LocationSouth of the Ered Lithui, east of the Plateau of Gorgoroth[1][2]
TypePlain
DescriptionPlain

Lithlad was a plain in Mordor.[3]

The text of The Lord of the Rings does not say anything about the plain of Lithlad or about its location other than that the mountain range of the Ephel Duath and the mountain range of the Ered Lithui formed a great wall around the plains of Lithlad and of Gorgoroth, and the inland sea of Nurnen in the middle.[3] The plain of Lithlad does not appear on any of the maps that were published with The Lord of the Rings.

Other versions of the legendarium

The plain of Lithlad appears on The First Map of The Lord of the Rings on the map square P18 just to the south of the Ered Lithui, which are located in the north of this map square, and east of map square P16 where Barad-dûr is located.[1] It appears on The Second Map of The Lord of the Rings on the map squares Q17 and Q18, south of map squares P17 and P18, where the Ered Lithui are located and east of map square Q16 where Barad-dûr is located.[2] The plain of Lithlad does not appear on The Third Map of The Lord of the Rings. In draft 'A' of the chapter The Tower of Cirith Ungol it is mentioned that the eastern face of the tower stood up from a shelf in the mountain wall with four pointed bastions with sides facing north-east and north-west and that the windows of the tower stared over the plains of Gorgoroth and Lithlad.[4]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Treason of Isengard, "XV. The First Map of The Lord of the Rings", "Maps IIIA and III", p. 309
  2. 2.0 2.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The War of the Ring, "Part Three: Minas Tirith", "XIV. The Second Map", The Second Map (East), p. 435
  3. 3.0 3.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Two Towers, "The Black Gate is Closed", second paragraph
  4. J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Sauron Defeated, "Part One: The End of the Third Age: II. The Tower of Kirith Ungol", p. 20