The Caragdûr was a black precipice of rock that was located on the north side of the city of Gondolin.
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The Caragdûr was a black precipice of rock that was located on the north side of the city of Gondolin .
After killing his wife, Aredhel, Eöl the Dark Elf was sentenced to be executed by being flung down the Caragdûr. Just before his fall, Eöl cried out to Maeglin, his son, saying that he would die in that same place. Many years later, during the Fall of Gondolin, Maeglin had laid hands upon Idril but was forestalled by Tuor. Tuor fought with Maeglin and cast him far out so that Maeglin's body struck thrice upon the slopes of Amon Gwareth. Although Maeglin was not said to have died falling from the Caragdûr, he did share the fate of Eöl in a nearby location.