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

How this entity was disambiguated

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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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