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Shelobs Lair and Cirith Ungol
This detailed map is based on the Tolkien drawing of Cirith Ungol and the Pass.
The road in the main pass from Minas Morgul led up the south side of the river and finally wound left to meet the road from Cirith Ungol before descending to the bridge over the trough. Shelobs Lair was to the left of the tunnel through which Gollum led them, and there was also a side tunnel leading to the left, to the cellars of the fortress. The Horns were peaks on either side of the path where it emerged from the tunnel.
The Dark Pass was higher than Orodruin, which was 4,500 feet above the plain. The Passes must, therefore, have been over 5,000 feet up.