Dates

Destroyed at the end of the First Age

Location

Hidden within the Encircling Mountains, to the west of Dorthonion

Race

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Settlements

Gondolin stood on Amon Gwareth in the midst of Tumladen

Important peaks

Surrounded by the Encircling Mountains, with the hill of Amon Gwareth rising in the centre of the valley

Pronunciation

too'mlahden

Meaning

'Level valley'

Note

There was also a valley in the White Mountains named Tumladen in the Third Age; for more on that valley see the entry for Tumladen

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Tumladen

The valley of Gondolin

The hidden valley among the Encircling Mountains discovered by Turgon under the guidance of Ulmo, in which he founded the city of Gondolin.

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