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   From: g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies   
      
   In message <210420141737516723%chenrich@monmouth.com>   
     Christopher J. Henrich  wrote:   
   > In article , Barry Schwarz   
   >  wrote:   
      
   >> 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?   
   > Also up for explanation is how it came to be destroyed, a few months   
   > later.   
      
   What? When did this happen?   
      
   > Perhaps Gandalf really had in mind: "*We* cannot destroy Orthanc from   
   > without (but I know someone who could...)"   
      
   Orthanc was not destroyed in LOTR, so if it was destroyed at some later   
   time, who by and why?   
      
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