The Old Ford was the point where the Menn-i-Naugrim crossed the river Anduin, about forty miles downriver from the Carrock.[1][2][3]
The Dwarves of Khazad-dûm built a bridge at the fords in the late First Age to ease passage, but by the end of the Third Age, this bridge had disappeared.
In adaptations
In The Lord of the Rings Online, the Old Ford is located close to remains of Hadhodiant, a stone bridge built by the Dwarves which merely stands broken rather than being completely gone. On the Western bank is Vegbár, a toll-collecting station of the Beornings, making the Old Ford one and the same with Ford of Carrock. Towards the end of the War of the Ring, Orcs and Wargs came down from the Misty Mountains but were defeated in the Battle of the Old Ford by the Beornings and the Woodmen, who also suffered many casualties. Elrond, Arwen and their household also travel by the Old Ford on their way to Minas Tirith for Arwen's wedding. Later in the summer of T.A. 3019 Prince Durin VII leads a campaign to reclaim Gundabad, and a mission shows dwarven builders construct a wooden replacement for the missing section of the Hadhodiant, so as to not be reliant on the Old Ford.
Translations
| Foreign Language | Translated name |
| Afrikaans | Oudrif |
| Amharic | ጥንታዊ ወንዝማቋረጥ |
| Arabic | مخاضة القديمة |
| Armenian | Հին Գետանց |
| Belarusian Cyrillic | Стара брод |
| Bengali | প্রাচীন নদী পারাপারের |
| Breton | Hen Roudouz |
| Bulgarian Cyrillic | Старо брод |
| Catalan | Gual Antic |
| Chinese | 古浅滩 |
| Croatian | Staro brod |
| Czech | Starý brod |
| Danish | Oldvadested |
| Dutch | Oudvoorde |
| Estonian | Vana koole |
| Faroese | Fornvað |
| Finnish | Vanha kahlaamo |
| French | Vieux Gué |
| Frisian | Aldfurde (Western) |
| Galician | Vao Antigo |
| German | Alte Furt |
| Greek | Αρχαία πέρασμα |
| Hebrew | ה מעברה העתיקה |
| Hindi | पुरानी पायाब |
| Hungarian | Ősigázló |
| Icelandic | Fornvað |
| Indonesian | Arungan Kuno |
| Italian | Vecchio Guado |
| Japanese | 古洗い越し |
| Kannada | ಪ್ರಾಚೀನ ಹಾಯ್ಗಡ |
| Kazakh | Көне брод (Cyrillic) Köne brod (Latin) |
| Konkani | पोरनो फोर्ड |
| Korean | 오래된 여울 |
| Latvian | Sen brasls |
| Lithuanian | Senoji brasta |
| Macedonian Cyrillic | Стариот премин |
| Norwegian | Gammelvadested |
| Persian | گدار باستان |
| Polish | Staro Bród |
| Portuguese | Vau Antigo |
| Punjabi | ਪੁਰਾਣਾ ਫੋਰਡ |
| Russian | Старый брод |
| Serbian | Стари брод (Cyrillic) Stari brod (Latin) |
| Sinhalese | පැරණි ෆෝඩ් |
| Slovak | Stará Brod |
| Slovenian | Stara Brod |
| Spanish | Vado Viejo |
| Swedish | Fornvadställe |
| Swiss German | Ald Furt |
| Tamil | பண்டைய நீர்த்துறை |
| Tatar | Иске кичү |
| Thai | โบราณบริเวณน้ําตื้น |
| Turkish | Eski Nehir geçidi |
| Ukrainian Cyrillic | Давньо брід |
| Urdu | قدیم فورڈ |
| Vietnamese | Chỗ cạn cổ |
| Welsh | Hen Rhyd |
| Fords of Middle-earth |
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Arossiach | Brithiach | Budge ford | Ethring | Entwade | Bruinen | Isen | Old Ford | Sarn Athrad | Sarn Ford | Tharbad |
References
- ↑ The Atlas of Middle-earth, Regional "Eriador"
- ↑ The Atlas of Middle-earth, Regional "The Misty Mountains"
- ↑ Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth, Part Three: The Third Age, I: "The Disaster of the Gladden Fields"