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Palùrfalas (Talk | contribs)  Some miles to the east of the
Firien Wood, there was a wide, shallow recess in the foothills
of the White Mountains. Overlooking this region were two of the
Beacon-hills of Gondor, Min-Rimmon to the east and Calenhad to
the west. Calenhad was the sixth of the seven beacons, within
sight of the last of the beacons on the Halifirien, above the
borders of Rohan.  Tolkien never gives us the meaning of the
name Calenhad directly, but it seems to come from Elvish root-
words meaning something like 'green mound'. The name may be
connected with Calenardhon, the ancient Gondorian name for the
land later known as Rohan, whose borders lay just a few miles
from the feet of the hill.