Places in Middle-earth
Cirith Ninniach
Type: Valleys, Caves, Tunnels
Region: Beleriand & North
Other Names Rainbow Cleft
Location: A westward pass in the Echoing Mountains, Ered Lómin, connecting the highlands of Hithlum and Dor-lómin on the east with the coastal regions around the Firth of Drengist, between Lammoth and Nevrast.
Description:
[Tuor] went westwards across Dor-lómin, and found Annon-in-Gelydh, the Gate of the Noldor.... Thence a dark tunnel led beneath the mountains, and issued into Cirith Ninniach, the Rainbow Cleft, through which a turbulent water ran towards the western sea. Thus it was that Tuor's flight from Hithlum was [unseen]....
And Tuor came into Nevrast, and [looked] upon Belegaer the Great Sea....
The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Ch 23, Of Tuor and the Fall of Gondolin
Contributors: Elena Tiriel 7Mar10
