Cirith Thoronath

high pass called Eagles' Cleft

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In briefanswer capsule

Cirith Thoronath, the Eagles’ Cleft, is a high pass under the topmost ridges: a slim track with rock wall on one side and a gulf on the other. Fleeing Gondolin, Tuor’s company was struck there by Orcs and a Balrog, watchers Morgoth had set in the hills. Glorfindel, chief of the House of the Golden Flower, fought the Balrog on a crag; both fell into the depths. Thorondor’s eagles routed the Orcs and destroyed them.

Sources

The Silmarillion — Quenta Silmarillion, ch. 23, Of Tuor and the Fall of Gondolin

Cite this page

Legendarium (2026): „Cirith Thoronath“. Last updated August 18, 2026. https://www.legendarium.page/places/cirith-thoronath/

APA

Legendarium. (2026). Cirith Thoronath. Last updated August 18, 2026. https://www.legendarium.page/places/cirith-thoronath/

MLA

„Cirith Thoronath“. Legendarium, 2026, https://www.legendarium.page/places/cirith-thoronath/. Last updated August 18, 2026.

BibTeX

@misc{legendarium-cirith-thoronath-en,
  title        = {Cirith Thoronath},
  author       = {{Legendarium}},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://www.legendarium.page/places/cirith-thoronath/}},
  note         = {Last updated August 18, 2026}
}