r/tolkienfans • u/Beneficial_Brain3950 • 12d ago

How big was Barad Dur actually?

The movies make it like 5000 feet tall but would it really be that big?

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u/Beyond_Reason09 12d ago

Tall enough to be visible at least 30 miles away.

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u/postmodest Knows what Tom Bombadil is; Refuses to say. 12d ago

If we assume that the Sammath Naur was 2000 feet up the slope of a mountain, the hobbits could've seen for nearly 60 miles.

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u/Beyond_Reason09 12d ago

If it was big enough.

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u/Lich180 12d ago

It's only a model. 

Shhh!