Gate of Writhen Iron

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The Gate of Writhen Iron is one of the formidable, intricately wrought defensive gates guarding the hidden Elven city of Gondolin in J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium.

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Gate of Writhen Iron canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf defensive structure ⓘ
fictional gate ⓘ
location in Middle-earth ⓘ
appearsIn The Book of Lost Tales ⓘ
The Fall of Gondolin ⓘ
The Silmarillion ⓘ
associatedWithEvent Fall of Gondolin ⓘ
belongsTo realm of Turgon ⓘ
category Gates and doorways in Middle-earth ⓘ
cityInhabitants Noldorin Elves ⓘ
linked to: the Noldor
cityTypeGuarded hidden city ⓘ
countryOfAuthor United Kingdom ⓘ
creator J. R. R. Tolkien ⓘ
defensiveRole barrier against enemies of Gondolin ⓘ
era First Age ⓘ
fictionalUniverse Middle-earth ⓘ
genre high fantasy ⓘ
guardedCity Gondolin ⓘ
in-universeStatus secret defensive work of Gondolin ⓘ
languageOfName English ⓘ
locatedIn Beleriand ⓘ
Gondolin ⓘ
Tumladen ⓘ
locatedInWorld Arda ⓘ
material iron ⓘ
medium literature ⓘ
notableFeature formidable defenses ⓘ
intricately wrought design ⓘ
partOf Seven Gates of Gondolin ⓘ
peopleAssociatedWith Gondolindrim ⓘ
positionInSeries one of the Seven Gates of Gondolin ⓘ
primaryFunction city gate ⓘ
defense ⓘ
raceAssociatedWith Elves ⓘ
rulerOfCityGuarded Turgon ⓘ

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Gondolin → hasGate → Gate of Writhen Iron ⓘ