Gate of Writhen Iron

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The Gate of Writhen Iron is one of the formidable, intricately wrought defensive gates guarding the hidden Elven city of Gondolin in J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf defensive structure
fictional gate
location in Middle-earth
appearsIn The Book of Lost Tales NERFINISHED
The Fall of Gondolin NERFINISHED
The Silmarillion
associatedWithEvent Fall of Gondolin NERFINISHED
belongsTo realm of Turgon
category Gates and doorways in Middle-earth
cityInhabitants Noldorin Elves NERFINISHED
cityTypeGuarded hidden city
countryOfAuthor United Kingdom NERFINISHED
creator J. R. R. Tolkien
defensiveRole barrier against enemies of Gondolin
era First Age
fictionalUniverse Middle-earth
genre high fantasy
guardedCity Gondolin NERFINISHED
in-universeStatus secret defensive work of Gondolin
languageOfName English
locatedIn Beleriand NERFINISHED
Gondolin NERFINISHED
Tumladen NERFINISHED
locatedInWorld Arda NERFINISHED
material iron
medium literature
notableFeature formidable defenses
intricately wrought design
partOf Seven Gates of Gondolin NERFINISHED
peopleAssociatedWith Gondolindrim NERFINISHED
positionInSeries one of the Seven Gates of Gondolin
primaryFunction city gate
defense
raceAssociatedWith Elves
rulerOfCityGuarded Turgon NERFINISHED

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Gondolin hasGate Gate of Writhen Iron