Places in Middle-earth
Tower of Tar-Minastir
Type: Fortresses, Towers, Defenses
Region: Numenor
Location: An observation tower in the Andustar of Númenor; built by Tar-Minastir to watch for ships from Eressëa.
Description:
This name [Tar-Minastir] had because he built a high tower upon the hill of Oromet, nigh to Andúnië and the west shores, and thence would spend great part of his days gazing westward.
Unfinished Tales, Part 2, Ch 3, The Line of Elros, Kings of Númenor
Tar-Palantir... would spend much of his days in Andúnië...; and... would ascend often to the ancient tower of King Minastir, and gaze westward in yearning, hoping to see, maybe, some sail coming from Eressëa. But no ship came ever again out of the West....
Unfinished Tales, Part 2, Ch 3, The Line of Elros, Kings of Númenor
Contributors: Elena Tiriel 15Nov05