but the story of his dwelling in the cove of falasquil and his adornment of it with carvings ( and of course the floating of timber down the river to him by the noldoli of dor lomin ) was abandoned ; in the later legend tuor finds on the coast ruins of the ancient harbour-works of the noldor from the days of turgon 's lordship in nevrast , and of turgon 's former dwelling in these regions before he went to gondolin there is in the old story no trace .