Places in Middle-earth
Taras-ness
Type: Mountains, Hills, Promontories
Region: Beleriand & North
Location: The great cape upon which Mount Taras stood; the western terminus of the line of hills extending from the Ered Wethrin.
Description:
[Tuor] saw a line of great hills that barred his way, marching westward until they ended in a tall mountain: a dark and cloud-helmed tower reared upon mighty shoulders above a great green cape thrust out into the sea.
Those grey hills were indeed the western outliers of Ered Wethrin, the north-fence of Beleriand, and the mountain was Mount Taras....
Unfinished Tales, Part 1, Ch 1, Of Tuor and His Coming to Gondolin
[Tuor] went forth from Turgon's hall, and stood upon the high terraces of Taras....
Now Tuor felt his feet drawn to the sea-strand, and he went down by long stairs to a wide shore upon the north side of Taras-ness; and as he went he saw that the sun was sinking low....
Unfinished Tales, Part 1, Ch 1, Of Tuor and His Coming to Gondolin
Contributors: Elena Tiriel 26Nov09
