The Cross-roads

The Fallen King

The Two Towers · Third Age 3019 · show on the map

The Cross-roads and its surroundings on the parchment map of Middle-earth — The Cross-roads on the parchment map. Open this spot on the interactive map to pan, zoom or switch to the satellite view.

At the junction where the road from Osgiliath meets the southward road to Minas Morgul, Frodo finds the old statue of a seated king. Its head has been struck off and replaced with a crude stone carved with a leering face, but the severed head lies nearby in the grass, crowned by trailing plants with white and gold flowers. A fleeting beam of sunlight illuminates the crowned head — a quiet sign that Sauron cannot conquer all.

Figures: Frodo, Sam, Gollum

Place	The Cross-roads
Book	The Two Towers
Date	Third Age 3019
Map x, y	`4927, 2678`

Routes passing through

4 traced routes run within 150 map-pixels of here:

Frodo's Journey
Aragorn's Journey
Gollum's Journey
Gandalf's Journey (LOTR)

Nearest places on the map

Osgiliath — 74 map-pixels away, Third Age 3019
Osgiliath — 106 map-pixels away, Third Age 3019
Minas Morgul — 108 map-pixels away, Third Age 3019
Henneth Annûn — 118 map-pixels away, Third Age 3019

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