Originating at Gobel Mirlond, the Men Harondor (S. "Harondor Road") crossed South-central portion of western Harondor before joining with the Hyarmentie at Amon Eithel. The Gondorians had built this road shortly after taking control of all Harondor early in the tenth century of the Third Age. It was used primarily to transport troops and military supplies in the war against the Umbareans, so the men of Gondor built it with the same skill and precision used by the old Númenóreans to build the Hyarmentie and Men Harnen. When the kings abandoned Harondor, the road behind remained untouched, although the Gondorian army caved in the wells and torched the way-stations. The Men Harondor measured twenty feet in width it was built atop an embankment five leet high. Mile posts; placed beside the roa