Helm's Dike

Helm's Dike was an ancient trench and rampart which guarded Helm's Deep in the land of Rohan.
It was about a quarter mile below the fortress, and stretched a mile or more across the Deeping-coomb. It was quite steep and was about twenty feet high in some places, resembling a cliff. The gap in the middle was quite wide, making a prolonged defence by a small garrison impractical.The Lord of the Rings, The Two Towers, Book Three, Ch. VII: "Helm's Deep"The Atlas of Middle-earth, The Lord of the Rings, "Helm's Deep"
During the Battle of the Hornburg the Dike was held by a small rear guard, who managed to fill the trench with bodies before retreating to the fortress.
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Chinese (Hong Kong)	聖盔渠
Croatian 	Helmova nasipa
Czech 	Helmova hráz
Danish 	Helms Vold
Finnish 	Helmin Valli
German 	Helms Deich
Hebrew 	סוללת הלם
Hindi 	पतवार के तटबंध
Italiano 	Diga di Helm
Macedonian Cyrillic	Насип на Хелм
Portuguese 	Dique de Helm (Brazil)
Russian 	Хельмовой Крепи
Serbian 	Хелмова Дајка (Cyrillic) Helmova Dajka (Latin)
Slovak 	Helmova násyp
Spanish 	Dique de timón
Turkish 	Helm'in hendek
==References==
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