Steel-fall

Steel Fall was situated at the top of Cirith Himninond, in the west-central Ered Mithrin.The lair of the dragon Uruial was located behind the waterfall and to the north.The entrance was at the top of the cliff, eighty feet above the torrent created by the Falls.The stream that flew past Uruial's lair and over the Falls later became a tributary of the River Taurduin (S."Forest river").Steel Eall was so named because the rock face of the riff was a steely grey  color.This pigment also stained the water, further ercating the impression of 'flowing steel'.This effect was diluted the further one got away from the  falls, as untainted water was mingled with the stream.