Silverpit and surrounding lands
Zahar-zigil (Kh. Silver-pit) was a Dwarven mining colony in the Ered Mithrin established in T.A. 2149.
In T.A. 2590 the fire-drake Ruingurth occupied the abandoned Dwarf-hold of Zahar-zigil at Goat Mountain. There is no tradition of his death; he was still alive in T.A. 2644.
Zahar-zigil probably refers to dwarven name for Goat Mountain, which in dwarven tradition has been named: "Silver? spike".
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Other Hands, issue 23, from 1998 - article: Dragons of the North:
- locations of the Silverpit and Thundercleft are swapped in comparison to current location.
- Silverpit has been named as Zahar-zigil