Lamedon

Lamedon was a region near the upper waters of the rivers Ciril and Ringló on the southern side of the White Mountains in Gondor.

Tarlang's Neck, a long ridge of rock between the main ridge of the White Mountains and a mountain branch in the south was the border between Lamedon and the plain of Erech in the Morthond Vale.

At the time of the War of the Ring the Lord of Lamedon was Angbor.

Beregond, a guard of the Citadel of Gondor, thought that the beacons were ignited on 7 March Third Age 3019, because of news from Lebennin that a great fleet of the Corsairs of Umbar was approaching the mouths of the river Anduin.

On 9 March Third Age 3019, Aragorn and the Grey Company followed by the Army of the Dead took the road from Erech over Tarlang's Neck into Lamedon and discovered that the town of Calembel had been deserted by its inhabitants, because many men had left to fight in the war and the remaining population had fled into the hills after they had heard a rumour that the King of the Dead was coming. On the same day only a few hillmen from Lamedon without a captain arrived at Minas Tirith to aid in the defence of the city. It is probable that this was due to the fact that Angbor needed most of his troops in the south in order to defend it against the attack by troops from Umbar and Harad, because on 11 March Third Age 3019, men of Lamedon led by Angbor defended the fords over the river Gilrain at Linhir against attackers from Umbar and Harad who had sailed up the river. When Aragorn arrived at the battle at Linhir with the Grey Company and the Army of the Dead the defenders and the attackers fled in fear of the Dead with the exception of Angbor who was brave enough to stay. Then Aragorn requested Angbor to gather his troops and to follow them to Pelargir. The Grey Company departed first, and by the time Angbor joined them at Pelargir with all the horsemen he could assemble, the Corsairs of Umbar and the Haradrim had been driven away, and the Dead released, because they had fulfilled their oath. Many of the men of Lamedon, as well as soldiers from Lebennin and various other southern fiefs, came in ships to Minas Tirith and fought in the Battle of the Pelennor Fields. But Angbor, leading four thousand, went by land, coming to garrison Minas Tirith after the hosts departed for the Black Gate and the ensuing Battle of the Morannon.