Destroyed at the end of the
First Age
Surrounded by the
Encircling Mountains, with the hill of
Amon Gwareth rising in the centre of the valley
Literally 'wide valley', but incorporating an
Elvish root that implied a flat vale at the feet of hills or mountains
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