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Dates
Uncertain, but probably dated back to the beginning of the Third Age;1 still in existence at the end of that Age
Location
Climbing the mountainside of Ephel Dúath northward of Minas Morgul, towards to the pass of Cirith Ungol
Races
Settlements
Led to the Tower of Cirith Ungol
Passes
Associated with the pass of Cirith Ungol
Pronunciation
Cirith Ungol is pronounced 'ki'rith oo'ngol'
Meaning
Cirith Ungol means 'cleft of the spider'
Other names
The Stairs consisted of two separate flights, with the lower being the Straight Stair, and the upper the Winding Stair
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Stairs of Cirith UngolThe hidden way into Ephel DúathA pair of steep stairs that cut into the Mountains of Shadow on the borders of Mordor. They led upward and away from Minas Morgul, the city that guarded the main pass through the mountains, to reach a higher and lesser pass guarded by the Tower of Cirith Ungol. The first of the stairs was the steepest, the Straight Stair, which led up to a narrow passage. From there, the second stair, the Winding Stair, led up to Cirith Ungol itself. We're never told who made the stairs. They may have been originally carved by Sauron's servants, or perhaps been made later, by the Gondorians at the same time as they raised the Tower to guard the pass. Whatever their origin, they were no secret to the Orcs that inhabited the Tower in the later Third Age, though Frodo and Sam were still able to use them to find a dangerous way into the Dark Land. Notes
See also...Gollum, Great Signal, High Pass, Straight Stair, Winding Stair Indexes: About this entry:
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