Places in Middle-earth
Talath Dirnen
Type: Forests, Fields, Plains
Region: Beleriand & North
Meaning: the guarded plain
Location: The plain north of the Andram, the Long Wall, between the Sirion and Narog rivers.
Description:
[Beyond] the [southern end of the] Road lay the Talath Dirnen, the Guarded Plain, upon which the scouts and spies of Nargothrond kept watch....
The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Ch 19, Of Beren and Lúthien
Beren... climbed the hills above the Falls of Sirion.... Thence he looked westward, and... saw Talath Dirnen, the Guarded Plain, stretching between Sirion and Narog; and beyond he descried afar the highlands of Taur-en-Faroth that rose above Nargothrond.
Upon all that plain the Elves of Nargothrond kept unceasing watch; and every hill upon its borders was crowned with hidden towers, and through all its woods and fields archers ranged secretly and with great craft. Their arrows were sure and deadly, and nothing crept there against their will.
The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Ch 19, Of Beren and Lúthien
Glaurung the Úrulóki passed over Anfauglith, and came thence into the north vales of Sirion and there did great evil. Under the shadows of Ered Wethrin he defiled the Eithel Ivrin, and thence he passed into the realm of Nargothrond, and burned the Talath Dirnen, the Guarded Plain, between Narog and Teiglin.
The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Ch 21, Of Túrin Turambar
Contributors: Elena Tiriel 10Dec07
