Rammas Echor

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Rammas Echor is a great outer defensive wall of Gondor that encircles the Pelennor Fields around Minas Tirith in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth legendarium.

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Rammas Echor canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictionalStructure
fortification
wall
alsoKnownAs The Rammas
appearsInBook The Return of the King
appearsInMedium literature
associatedCulture Dúnedain of Gondor
associatedEvent Siege of Gondor
linked to: The Siege of Gondor
associatedWithRealm Reunited Kingdom of Gondor and Arnor (historically)
borderFunction marksBoundaryOfPelennorFields
breachedBy Easterlings
ForcesOfSauron
linked to: Nazgûl

Haradrim
OrcsOfMordor
linked to: Orcs
builtBy Men of Gondor
Stewards of Gondor
creator J. R. R. Tolkien
defensiveFeature gates
ramparts
watchtowers
describedInWork The Lord of the Rings
encircles Pelennor Fields
era Third Age
function outerDefensiveWall
genre highFantasy
governedBy StewardDenethorII
linked to: Denethor II
hasGate CausewayFortGate
HarlondGate
NorthGateOfRammas
heightRelativeTo lowerThanWallsOfMinasTirith
languageOfName Sindarin
liesBetween Minas Tirith and the River Anduin
locatedInFictionalUniverse Middle-earth
locatedInRegion Anórien
locatedNear Minas Tirith
material stone
nameMeaning Wall of the Outer Circle
nearbyRiver Anduin
partOf Gondor
protects Minas Tirith
Pelennor Fields
statusDuringWarOfTheRing eventuallyOverrun
partiallyManned
strategicRole delaysEnemyApproachToCityWalls
extendsDefensivePerimeterOfMinasTirith
surrounds fieldsAndFarmsOfMinasTirith
usedInBattle Battle of the Pelennor Fields

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Minas Tirith hasDefensiveStructure Rammas Echor
Tower of Guard protectedBy Rammas Echor
Pelennor Fields borderedBy Rammas Echor