Thread:High King Ithilion/@comment-26149161-20170420141057/@comment-30645975-20170420164910

Perhaps this?:



...stood what appeared to be an ancient monument of rough stones nearly man-high with a flat top...

The "ancient monument"—by which was evidently meant a structure made before the coming of the Númenóreans—is a curious feature, but is no support to the view that the mountain was already in some sense "hallowed" before its use in the oath-taking. Had it been regarded as of "religious" significance it would in fact have made this use impossible, unless it had at least been completely destroyed first (Note 4). For a religious structure that was "ancient" could only have been erected by the Men of Darkness