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During the Nirnaeth Arnoediad, Huor and Húrin with the remaining Men of Dor-lómin formed a living wall across the Fens of Serech to guard the withdrawal of King Turgon of Gondolin, who took most of the surviving Noldor with him. There they were all slain, except for Húrin, who was captured.
Tolkien's fictional universe of Middle-earth, the Fens of Serech were a series of marshes in the Pass of Sirion where many Battles of Beleriand saw much warfare.
Formed by the confluence of the rivers Sirion and Rivil, the Fens were trapped in a wedge formed by the Ered Wethrin and the highlands of Dorthonion.
During the Nirnaeth Arnoediad, Huor and Húrin with the remaining Men of Dor-lómin formed a living wall across the Fens of Serech to guard the withdrawal of King Turgon of Gondolin, who took most of the surviving Noldor with him.
Fens, the, district, E England, a flat lowland, W and S of The Wash. Extending c.70 mi (110 km) from north to south and c.35 mi (60 km) from east to west, it is traversed by numerous streams.
The Fens are an area of former wetlands in the counties of Cambridgeshire, Lincolnshire and Norfolk in eastern England.
In general, the clay found in The Fens today, was deposited in tidal mud-flats and salt-marsh while the peat grew in the fen and bog.