Cross-roads

The Cross-roads, also known as the Cross-roads of the Fallen King, was where the Harad Road crossed the Morgul-road in Ithilien.

Description
The Cross-roads were located some hundred miles south of the Black Gate, and were roughly a day's ride from Minas Tirith. The location was surrounded by a great ring of trees, and nearby was built a statue of an unknown former King of Gondor.

History
The Cross-roads, along with the nearby statue, were presumably constructed by the Men of Gondor in the Second Age. By the time of the War of the Ring, however, Gondor had relinquished effective control of the region, leading orcs to vandalize the statue.

In the year TA 3019, Gollum led Frodo Baggins and Samwise Gamgee through the Cross-roads on their way to the Morgul Vale, in their attempt to enter Mordor. The hobbits found the statue's head, which had been broken off and replaced by a hideous stone orc-head.

Later that year, following the Battle of the Pelennor Fields, Aragorn led the combined armies of Gondor and Rohan through the Cross-roads on their way to the Morannon, stopping to reclaim the location for Gondor.