Slaem Puchael

Slaem Puchael (Dn."Demon's Crag") was the  name given by the Daen Coentis  to the ancient  mountain refuge of the  Drughu,  which  the -former seized with bloody slaughter in S.A. 603,  transforming  it into  the northern entrance to Lugh  Gobha.Slaem Puchael was a  grassy  mountain  shelf overlooking  the  northern  face  of the  White Mountains.Together  with  the  cavernous  tunnels of Lugh Gobha, Slaem Puchael  once formed  the  most important  passage  through the  Ered Nimrais. Because of its association  with the Paths of the Dead,  the  folk  of northern Gondor  avoided  the site ,the terror of  the Dead pervaded  the cavernous  entrance into the Paths at the rear of Slaem Puchael  and few  mortals  possessed  the  strength of will necessary to  pass it.