Timeline Event
Siege of Barad-dûr begins after the Battle of Dagorlad
Event Type: Military/Strategic
Age: Akallabêth/Last Alliance
Year: 3434
Description:
An event in the War of the Last Alliance; see that entry for an overview:
[Sauron] had been straitly besieged in Mordor.... [Author's note.]
Unfinished Tales, Part 3, Ch 1, The Disaster of the Gladden Fields: Notes, Note 20
Then Gil-galad and Elendil passed into Mordor and encompassed the stronghold of Sauron; and they laid siege to it for seven years, and suffered grievous loss by fire and by the darts and bolts of the Enemy, and Sauron sent many sorties against them.
The Silmarillion, Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age
Contributors:
Tanaqui 16Apr05
Elena Tiriel 7Dec07
