Sarn Ford was the stone ford on the Brandywine River, on the far southern borders of the Shire.
During the Second Age an engagement took place at the ford during the War of the Elves and Sauron in which the Dark Lord's forces sustained substantial losses.
In the last decades of the Third Age a guard of Rangers of the North were stationed at the ford. However, on September 22nd of TA 3018, the Rangers were driven out of Sarn Ford by the Ringwraiths.[1]
Appearances in adaptations
Sarn Ford can be visited in The Lord of the Rings: War in the North, where it serves as a temporary camp for Halbarad's Rangers.
In The Lord of the Rings Online, Sarn Ford is located on the western edge of in-game Cardolan region. It is visited on 26 September as the Rangers led by Halbarad are still recovering from the attack.
Etymology
Sarn Ford was named by the Númenóreans after Sarn Athrad.[2]
Translations
| Foreign Language | Translated name |
| Arabic | معبر ساران |
| Bulgarian Cyrillic | Сарнски брод |
| Danish | Sarnvejle |
| Dutch | Sarnvoorde |
| Finnish | Sarnin kahlaamo |
| German | Sarnfurt |
| Hebrew | מעברת סארן |
| Italian | Sarnoguado |
| Norwegian | Vadestedet Sarn Sarnvad |
| Polish | Bród Sarn |
| Russian | Сарнский брод |
| Thai | ซาร์นฟอร์ด |
| Ukrainian Cyrillic | Сарнський Брід |
| 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 Lord of the Rings, Appendix B: "The Great Years"
- ↑ Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull (eds), The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion, p. 163