Amon Sûl

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Amon Sûl, also known as Weathertop, is a prominent hill and former watchtower in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth that once served as an important strategic and magical stronghold of Arnor.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Amon Sûl canonical 6
Amon Sûl means Hill of the Wind 1
tower of Amon Sûl 1

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional location
fortress
hill
watchtower
alsoKnownAs Weathertop
appearsInChapter A Knife in the Dark
appearsInLegendarium J. R. R. Tolkien legendarium
appearsInVolume The Fellowship of the Ring
appearsInWork The Lord of the Rings
associatedWithObject palantír of Amon Sûl
linked to: Palantíri
associatedWithRealm Arthedain
Cardolan
Rhudaur
contained the chief palantír of the North
tower of Amon Sûl
linked to: Amon Sûl
createdBy J. R. R. Tolkien
currentState ruins
destroyedInConflict wars between the successor kingdoms of Arnor
wars with Angmar
elevationRelative highest point of the Weather Hills
functionedAs signal tower
strategic outpost
stronghold
watchtower
geographicalFeature prominent isolated hill
guardedBy the Dúnedain of the North
hadStrategicImportanceFor Arnor
inspiredAdaptation Weathertop scenes in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy
languageOfName Sindarin
locatedInFictionalUniverse Middle-earth
locatedInKingdom Arnor
locatedInRegion Eriador
locatedInSubregion the Weather Hills
linked to: The Weather Hills
nameMeaning Hill of Wind
nearRoute Great East Road
notableFor great watchtower of Arnor
height and visibility over Eriador
ruins visible from the Great East Road
partOfDefensiveSystem northern watchtowers of Arnor
sceneOf attack by the Nazgûl on the Ring-bearer
timePeriod Second Age
Third Age
usedFor communication by palantíri
defense of Arnor
surveillance of surrounding lands
visitedBy Aragorn
Frodo Baggins
Meriadoc Brandybuck
Peregrin Took
Samwise Gamgee

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Referenced by (9)

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

Palantíri associatedWith Amon Sûl
Eriador contains Amon Sûl
Arveleg I fortressDefended Amon Sûl
Arveleg I associatedLocation Amon Sûl
Amon Sûl contained tower of Amon Sûl
linked to: Amon Sûl
Weathertop alsoKnownAs Amon Sûl
Weathertop meaningOfName Amon Sûl means Hill of the Wind
linked to: Amon Sûl
The Weather Hills contains watch-tower of Amon Sûl
linked to: Amon Sûl