Third Age 1248

Third Age 1248 (abbreviated to T.A. 1248) is the 1248th year of the Sun of the Third Age of Middle-earth.
Notable events in this year include:
* Regent Minalcar of Gondor - with the aid of Vidugavia, King of Rhovanion - leads a great force of troops and defeats the Easterlings in the lands between Rhovanion and the Inland Sea. All Easterling camps and settlements east of the Inland Sea are destroyed.
* Minalcar takes the name Rómendacil (East-victor) in celebration of his great victory over the Easterlings.
* About this time, the western shores of the Anduin are fortified and the pillars of the Argonath are erected at the entrance to Nen Hithoel.