Edoras:
The capital city of Rohan. Edoras apparently had a dike, wall and
thorny fence surrounding it:
"I see a white stream that comes down from the
snows," he said. "Where it issues from the shadow of the vale a
green hill rises upon the east. A dike and mighty wall and thorny
fence encircle it. Within there rise the roofs of houses; and in
the midst, set upon a green terrace, there stands aloft a great
hall of Men. And it seems to my eyes that it is thatched with gold.
The light of it shines far over the land. golden, too, are the posts
of its doors."(LOTR.528-529)