Dates
Erected some time after II 3320
Location
Among the Tower Hills (Emyn Beraid) eastward of the Gulf of Lhûn
Origins
Built by Gil-galad for Elendil, and later watched over by the Elves of Lindon
Race
Created and maintained by Elves
Culture
Pronunciation
elosti'rion
Meaning
Uncertain; possibly 'walled watchtower of the Elves'1

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Elostirion

Tallest tower of the Tower Hills

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Map of Elostirion (slightly conjectural)2

The tallest of the three towers that stood on the Tower Hills. It once held one of the palantíri of the North-kingdom.


Notes

1

The -tirion of Elostirion's name can be safely interpreted as 'watchtower' (in a special sense that it held the Elendil Stone, which granted a view of Tol Eressëa in the lost West). The el- element is either 'Elf' or 'star' (with 'Elf' more likely, as the towers of the Tower Hills are elsewhere called 'Elf-towers'). Finally the connecting -os- typically refers to walled or fortified buildings or cities, hinting that the tower was protected by its own encircling wall.

2

Most of the locations shown on this map are well established, but the exact position of Undertowers is open to question. We know that it was in the Tower Hills (Emyn Beraid on the map), and the fact that it was the most important settlement in the Westmarch probably places it on the eastern slopes of those hills.

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