Places in Middle-earth
Causeway Forts
Type: Fortresses, Towers, Defenses
Region: Gondor
Location: The fortifications surrounding the gateway of the Rammas Echor facing Osgiliath.
Description: ... [Beregond] had just come from an errand over the Pelennor out to the Guard-towers upon the Causeway.
The Return of the King, LoTR Book 5, Ch 4, The Siege of Gondor
At its furthest point from the Great Gate of the City, north-eastward, the [Pelennor] wall was four leagues distant, and there from a frowning bank it overlooked the long flats beside the river, and men had made it high and strong; for at that point, upon a walled causeway, the road came in from the fords and bridges of Osgiliath and passed through a guarded gate between embattled towers.
The Return of the King, LoTR Book 5, Ch 1, Minas Tirith
Contributors: Elena Tiriel 3Sep04, 5May05