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Made during the Years of the Trees; at least two1 survived into the Fourth Age
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Stones of Seeing

A name for the palantíri

The original locations of the Stones of Seeing
The original locations of the seven Stones of Seeing in Middle-earth.
The original locations of the seven Stones of Seeing in Middle-earth.

A name of the palantíri, the seven stones brought out of the destruction of Númenor by Elendil and his sons.


For a complete list of the seven Stones of Seeing, see the entry for Palantíri.


Notes

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The two Stones that survived into the Fourth Age in Middle-earth were the Orthanc-stone and the Anor-stone. The Elendil Stone of the Tower Hills was also intact at the end of the Third Age, but it was carried away from Middle-earth on the White Ship. The fate of the Ithil-stone is not absolutely certain: it was in Barad-dûr when the Dark Tower fell, and so was probably destroyed, but the palantíri were made from an incredibly resilient material, and so it might just possibly have survived.

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