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'''Stonewain Valley''' was a long straight valley in the eastern [[White Mountains]]. It was made in ancient days by the [[Men]] of [[Gondor]], as a route from the quarries beneath [[Nardol]] to [[Minas Anor]]. By the time of the [[War of the Ring]], it was all but forgotten, but it was rediscovered in time to be used by the [[Rohirrim]] to come to the [[Battle of the Pelennor Fields]].
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'''Stonewain Valley''' was a long narrow straight valley in the eastern [[White Mountains]], deep within the [[Drúadan Forest]]. Its eastern end opened just to the north-west of the [[Rammas Echor]] that encircled [[Minas Tirith]].<ref>{{RK|Map}}</ref>
 
==History==
A road, four horses wide, had been made in ancient days by the [[Men]] of [[Gondor]],<ref name="Ride">{{RK|V5}}</ref> as a route from the quarries beneath [[Min-Rimmon]] to [[Minas Anor]].<ref name="Parma 17">{{PE|17}}, p. 28</ref>
 
By the time of the [[War of the Ring]], it was overgrown and all but forgotten. However, on [[13 March]] {{TA|3019}}, King [[Théoden]] met with [[Ghân-buri-Ghân]] in the Drúadan Forest<ref>{{App|Great}}</ref> and the headman of the [[Woses]] revealed the existence of the old road. During the next day the [[Rohirrim]] used the road in Stonewain Valley to avoid the [[Orcs]] blocking the main road to come to the [[Battle of the Pelennor Fields]].<ref name="Ride"/>
 
== Etymology ==
The name was given because of the "''wains (sleds or drays) passed to and fro from the stone-quarries''" along the long, narrow defile.<ref name="Nomen">{{HM|N}}, p. 776</ref>
The name was given because of the "''wains (sleds or drays) passed to and fro from the stone-quarries''" along the long, narrow defile.<ref name="Nomen">{{HM|N}}, p. 776</ref>
==Other names==
In [[Quenya]] it was called '''''Nand' Ondolunkava''''' or '''''Ondolunkanan'''('''do''')'', in [[Sindarin]] '''''Nan Gondresgion''''' and in [[Rohirric]] '''''Stānwægna Dæl'''''.<ref name="Parma 17"/> Another Sindarin name, a translation of "Stonewain Valley", was '''''Imrath Gondraich''''', where ''imrath'' meant "a long narrow valley with a road or watercourse running through it lengthwise."<ref>{{UT|Index}}, entry "Stonewain Valley"</ref> Another Sindarin translation was '''''Tum Gondregain'''''.<ref>{{NM|P3xvii}}, p. 363, footnote</ref>
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Revision as of 09:03, 10 October 2021

Stonewain Valley
Valley
General Information
LocationEastern White Mountains
TypeValley
DescriptionLong, narrow valley, traversed by ancient road
People and History
InhabitantsGondorians
EventsRide of the Rohirrim to Pelennor Fields

Stonewain Valley was a long narrow straight valley in the eastern White Mountains, deep within the Drúadan Forest. Its eastern end opened just to the north-west of the Rammas Echor that encircled Minas Tirith.[1]

History

A road, four horses wide, had been made in ancient days by the Men of Gondor,[2] as a route from the quarries beneath Min-Rimmon to Minas Anor.[3]

By the time of the War of the Ring, it was overgrown and all but forgotten. However, on 13 March T.A. 3019, King Théoden met with Ghân-buri-Ghân in the Drúadan Forest[4] and the headman of the Woses revealed the existence of the old road. During the next day the Rohirrim used the road in Stonewain Valley to avoid the Orcs blocking the main road to come to the Battle of the Pelennor Fields.[2]

Etymology

The name was given because of the "wains (sleds or drays) passed to and fro from the stone-quarries" along the long, narrow defile.[5]

Other names

In Quenya it was called Nand' Ondolunkava or Ondolunkanan(do), in Sindarin Nan Gondresgion and in Rohirric Stānwægna Dæl.[3] Another Sindarin name, a translation of "Stonewain Valley", was Imrath Gondraich, where imrath meant "a long narrow valley with a road or watercourse running through it lengthwise."[6] Another Sindarin translation was Tum Gondregain.[7]

References

  1. J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, "Map of Rohan, Gondor, and Mordor"
  2. 2.0 2.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, "The Ride of the Rohirrim"
  3. 3.0 3.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, "Words, Phrases and Passages in Various Tongues in The Lord of the Rings", in Parma Eldalamberon XVII (edited by Christopher Gilson), p. 28
  4. J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix B, "The Great Years"
  5. J.R.R. Tolkien, "Nomenclature of The Lord of the Rings" in Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull (eds), The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion, p. 776
  6. J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Unfinished Tales, Index, entry "Stonewain Valley"
  7. J.R.R. Tolkien, Carl F. Hostetter (ed.), The Nature of Middle-earth, "Part Three. The World, its Lands, and its Inhabitants: XVII. Silvan Elves and Silvan Elvish", p. 363, footnote