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   From: schwarzb@dqel.com   
      
   In one of CT's publishings, probably History of Middle Earth or Book   
   of Lost Tales, there is a short section that describes the   
   construction of Orthanc by men of Númenor.   
      
   In The Two Towers, at the end of the chapter The Voice of Saruman,   
   Gandalf says "We cannot destroy Orthanc from without..."   
      
   Is there any explanation elsewhere, such as the Letters, that explains   
   why this particular citadel is essentially indestructible while so   
   many others were not?   
      
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