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   From: omeallymd@geemail.com   
      
   On 2014-12-06 10:54:22 +0000, Morgoth's Curse said:   
      
   > 0On 19 Sep 2014 19:11:09 GMT, Sandman  wrote:   
   >   
   >> Tolkien wrote that after the fall of Elendil, the High Elves too back this   
   >> stone into their own care, and it was never again used by men, which is why   
   >> it was on the ship.   
   >>   
   >> Aragorn, or rather the dunedain were the lawful masters of the stone, but   
   >> it was never used by men again. Elves pilgrimaged to the Tower Hill to gace   
   >> into it over the sea to the Undying Lands.   
   >   
   > 	Do you have a citation for this?  I cannot find it anywhere in   
   > Unfinished Tales.   
      
   There's a footnote in Appendix A in RotK that states Círdan put it   
   aboard Elrond's ship when he left.   
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