Din-Lamedon

"The locals give to us the name "Aug Lamedon" when describing this gap. The word "aug", "gap", does not occur in Sindarin as it is properly spoken in Minas Tirith. As Lamhir the Wise tells us, "aug" is a word of purely local usage in Lamedon being borrowed of old from the Daenael tongue of the Men of the White Mountains . Lamhir supposes this word may be distantly akin to Sindarin "ag", "narrow" as in "Aglon", "the Narrow Pass" though we find this doubtful.The proper form, and the one most often used east of the Cape of Belfalas, is "Din-lamedon"." -Findegil of Gondor

The Din-Lamedon was the only major break in the Ered Torthonion north of the Belfalas peninsula, and was the principal route taken by travelers passing between Lebennin and the Lamedon vale. In addition to serving as a highway for travel, the gap also defined the northern limit of Dor-en-Ernil]l. The [[prince was responsible for defending the gap and for maintaining that arm of the Rathon Arat which ran through it. Several small manorial estates dotted the region surrounding Din-Lamedon, and fortified towns guarded its eastern, western, and northern approaches, travelers making use of the gap who were not servants of the king had to pay a toll to pass. Although this tax was collected by one of the local knights, the money was designated exclusively for the upkeep of the road and its fortresses.