The Gap of Rohan is the opening between the mountain ranges of the Misty Mountains and the White Mountains (Ered Nimrais).

Through the Gap of Rohan flowed the rivers Isen and Adorn, which formed the effective boundary of the Kingdom of Rohan. Rohan was formerly known as Calenardhon, and thus the Gap was then known as the Gap of Calenardhon. The triangle between the Isen and Adorn rivers and the White Mountains was a contested area between the Rohirrim and the Dunlendings.

The ancient Great Road which connected the realms of Gondor and Arnor of old ran through the Gap, crossing the Isen at the Fords of Isen.

Access to the Gap was controlled by the fortress of Angrenost, or Isengard, which in the later Third Age was controlled by Saruman.

During the War of the Ring, the Fellowship of the Ring chose not to travel through the gap because they had learned Saruman was in league with Sauron, and instead passed through Moria, much to the frustration of Boromir, who had proposed that turning back towards the gap would be the best option after witnessing Moria's destruction.

The Rohirrim fought a number of battles against the Dunlendings and the orcs of Saruman in the gap, during one of which Théodred, son of Théoden King, was mortally wounded.

Appearances in adaptations Edit

The Gap of Rohan appears as a battleground in both The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth and The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II. It is also represented in The Lord of the Rings Online, where it is a cite of constant skirmishes between Dunlendings and the Rohirrim, who are trying to hold the Fords of Isen.

References Edit

• The Atlas of Middle-earth pg. 81

External link Edit

• Gap of Rohan at Tolkien Gateway