Tirith Ethraid (Harondor)


 * Type: Stockaded Town
 * Inhabitants: 85% Gondorian, 15% Haradron
 * Population: 1,030
 * Origin: Settled by Gondorians, c. TA 930
 * Purpose: Maintain watch over the Crossings of Poros; a trading site; a defense against Haradron incursions.

This tower stood on a hill on the north bank of the Poros river where it overlooked both Athrad Poros and the ford of the tributary river to the north.Tir Ethraid (S. "Tower of the Fords") was the frequent target of Haradron raids, but King Tarondor had pledged a good deal of gold to strengthen the town's resources and increase it's garrison. The Fords across the Poros were vital to Gondor' s defense of the South, and the Governor of Harondor would fight savagely to keep this town. Local bands of subject Haradrim devoted to freeing their homeland from Gondorian rule made nearby hills their base.