Weathertop

Ruined watch-tower hill on the Road to Rivendell, where Frodo was wounded

Other names

Amon Sûl Amon Sul Hill of Wind Hill of the Wind

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In briefanswer capsule

Weathertop, in Sindarin Amon Sûl, is the southernmost and highest of the Weather Hills in Eriador, crowned by the ruins of a watch-tower that once guarded one of the three palantíri kept in the North. Long abandoned after the tower was thrown down in the wars with Angmar, the hill later served as a waypoint on the Road to Rivendell. There, in October of TA 3018, the Nazgûl overtook Frodo and his companions, and the Witch-king wounded Frodo with a Morgul-blade.

Time anchoruntil Third Age 1409Open in the master timeline

In the Annals

Where the Tale of Years names this entry: 3 entries.

TA 1409The Witch-king falls upon Arnor and kills Arveleg I. Fornost and the Barrow-downs hold out, but the watchtower on Weathertop is destroyed.Appendix B, The Tale of Years
TA 3018 · 10-03He is set upon by night on Weathertop.Appendix B, The Tale of Years
TA 3018 · 10-06The camp below Weathertop is attacked after dark and Frodo takes his wound.Appendix B, The Tale of Years

Sources

The Lord of the Rings — Book I, ch. 11, A Knife in the Dark
The Lord of the Rings — Appendix A, I (iii)
The Lord of the Rings — Appendix B, The Tale of Years
Unfinished Tales — The Palantíri
The Lord of the Rings — Prologue, 1, Concerning Hobbits

Cite this page

Legendarium (2026): „Weathertop“. Last updated August 18, 2026. https://www.legendarium.page/places/weathertop/

APA

Legendarium. (2026). Weathertop. Last updated August 18, 2026. https://www.legendarium.page/places/weathertop/

MLA

„Weathertop“. Legendarium, 2026, https://www.legendarium.page/places/weathertop/. Last updated August 18, 2026.

BibTeX

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