Causeway Forts

The Causeway Forts, also called the Bered Ondrath was a twin-towered fortification in the Rammas Echor which surrounded the Pelennor Fields.The Atlas of Middle-earth, The Lord of the Rings, "The Battle of the Pelennor Fields"
Its purpose was to guard the Causeway on the road from Osgiliath to Minas Tirith against the possibility of enemy attack.
==History==
During the War of the Ring, they were guarded by Faramir and the men under his command. At the start of the Siege of Gondor on March 13, 3019, the Causeway Forts were overrun and captured by the armies of Mordor under the Lord of the Nazgûl, and Faramir and his troops were forced to retreat.The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, Book Five, Chapter I: "Minas Tirith"The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, Book Five, Chapter IV: "The Siege of Gondor"
The defense lasted the better part of a day and bought vital time for Rohan to ride to the aid of Gondor.
==Etymology==
Bered Ondrath means 'towers of the stone road'."Bered Ondrath" on eldamo.org
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Afrikaans 	Hoë pad Forte
Albanian 	Kala të ngritura rrugore
Amharic 	ከፍተኛ የመንገድ ምሽጎች
Arabic 	حصون الطرق المرتفعة
Armenian 	Բարձր ճանապարհային ամրոցներ
Assamese 	উচ্চ পথৰ দুৰ্গসমূহ
Asturian 	Fortificaciones de carreteres altes
Azerbaijani 	Yüksək yol Istehkamlar
Basque 	Altxatutako errepideko gotorlekuak
Belarusian Cyrillic	Высокія дарожныя фарты
Bengali 	উঁচু রাস্তার দুর্গ
Bosnian 	Izdignute putne utvrde
Breton 	Kreñvlec'hioù hent uhel
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Крепости по високите пътища
Burmese 	မြင့်မားသောလမ်းခံတပ်များ
Cambodian 	បន្ទាយផ្លូវខ្ពស់។
Catalan 	Fortins de carretera elevada
Chinese 	堤路防御工事
Croatian 	Visoke cestovne utvrde
Czech 	Vysoké silniční pevnosti
Danish 	Dæmningsmurene
Dari 	قلعه های جاده مرتفع
Dutch 	Dijk Vestingwerken
Esperanto 	Digvojo-fortikaĵoj
Estonian 	Kõrgendatud tee linnused
Faroese 	Høvuðsvegur virkir
Filipino 	Mga kuta sa matataas na kalsada
Finnish 	Viertolinnake
French 	Forts de chaussée
Frisian 	Ferhevene wei Forten (Western)
Friulian 	Fortissis stradâls elevadis
Galician 	Fortes de calzada elevada
Georgian 	მაღალი გზის ციხესიმაგრეები
German 	Erhöhte straße Festungen
Greek 	Φρούρια υψηλών δρόμος
Gujarati 	હાઇ રોડ કિલ્લાઓ
Hebrew 	מבצרי כביש גבוהים
Hindi 	कॉजवे किलों
Hungarian 	Magasabb közúti erődök
Icelandic 	Hár vegur virkjum
Indonesian 	Benteng-benteng Jalan lintas
Italian 	Fortini di Strada rialzata
Japanese 	土手道要塞
Kannada 	ಒಡ್ಡುದಾರಿ ಕೋಟೆಗಳು
Kazakh 	Жоғары жол Бекіністер (Cyrillic) Joğarı jol Bekinister (Latin)
Korean 	높은 도로 요새
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Бийик жол чептер
Laotian 	ປ້ອມຖະຫນົນຫົນທາງສູງ
Latin 	Princeps via munitiones
Latvian 	Augsts ceļš forti
Lithuanian 	Aukštos kelio fortai
Luxembourgish 	Héich Strooss Forten
Macedonian Cyrillic	Насипи тврдини
Malayalam 	ഉയർന്ന റോഡ് കോട്ടകൾ
Malaysian 	Kubu-kubu jalan tinggi
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Өндөр зам бэхлэлтүүд
Maithili 	ऊँच सड़क किला
Marathi 	कॉजवे तटबंदी
Nepalese 	हाई रोड फोर्ट्स
Norwegian 	Høy vei festninger
Occitan 	Fòrts de rota nauta
Pashto 	د لوړ سړک قلعې
Persian 	استحکامات میان‌گذر
Polish 	Strażnice na Grobli
Portuguese 	Fortes de estrada elevada
Punjabi 	ਉੱਚੀ ਸੜਕ ਦੇ ਕਿਲੇ
Romanian 	Forturile Drum înălțat
Russian 	Высокие дорожные форты
Sardinian 	Fortes artziados pro sas istradas
Serbian 	Утврде на високим путевима (Cyrillic) Utvrde na visokim putevima (Latin)
Sicilian 	Furtizzi di strata auta
Sinhalese 	කෝස්වේ බලකොටු
Slovak 	Vysoké cestné pevnosti
Slovenian 	Utrdbe na nasipih
Spanish 	Fuertes de pedraplén
Swahili 	Ngome za barabara zilizoinuliwa
Swedish 	Hög väg fästningar
Tajik Cyrillic 	Қалъаҳои роҳи баланд
Tamil 	தரைப்பாலம் கோட்டைகள்
Tatar 	Биек юл ныгытмалары
Telugu 	ఎత్తైన రహదారి కోటలు
Thai 	ป้อมปราการถนนยกระดับ
Turkish 	Yüksek yol Tahkimatlar
Turkmen 	Beýik ýol Galalar
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Фортеці високої дороги
Urdu 	کاز وے قلعے
Uzbek 	Юқори йўл Истеҳкомлар (Cyrillic) Yuqori yo'l Istehkomlar (Latin)
Venetian 	Forti de strada ełevada
Vietnamese 	Pháo đài đường cao
Welsh 	Caerau ffordd uchel
Yiddish 	הויך וועג פעסטונגען
==References==
pl:Strażnice na Grobli
Category:Fortresses
Category:Towers
Category:Gondor