Min-Rimmon
Fifth Beacon-hill of Gondor
Min-Rimmon was the fifth of the seven Beacon-hills of Gondor, which ran west from Minas Tirith on the northern side of the White Mountains that looked down on the plains of Anórien.
Description
History
On the night of 7 March Third Age 3019, Gandalf and Pippin, riding eastward on Shadowfax, saw the beacons being lit to call for aid from Rohan.
On 12 March Third Age 3019, Théoden, on his way to Minas Tirith, camped his army of the Rohirrim under Min-Rimmon.
After the defeat of Sauron, tidings of Aragorn's coronation were sent out to "all parts of Gondor, from Min-Rimmon even to Pinnath Gelin and the far coasts of the sea". This would suggest that there was a settlement of some kind at Min-Rimmon, and that it marked the western boundary of Gondorian settlement in Anórien by the end of the Third Age.
Etymology
Min means "peak" in Sindarin, thus Min-Rimmon refers to the "Peak of the Rimmon". "Rimmon" is a name of forgotten origin, coming from the Second Age before Gondor was established.
Portrayal in adaptations
2015: The Lord of the Rings Online:
Min-Rimmon sits above Ost Rimmon, a small but formidable Gondorian town. Because of this, its beacon is the best-maintained out of all the northern beacons.
Referencias
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