
The Black Gate as seen in Peter Jackson's Return of the King
The Towers of the Teeth (or Teeth of Mordor) were two towers situated on either side of the Black Gate. The two towers, Carchost and Narchost, stood on either side of Cirith Gorgor between the Ephel DĂșath and the Ered Lithui.
History

Towers of the Teeth; Narchost in foreground, Carchost in background
Originally built by Men of Gondor following the downfall of Sauron at the end of the Second Age, Gondor maintained garrisons in the Towers to prevent the return of evil to Mordor. Following the Great Plague evil crept back into Mordor, although the Towers were once again manned during the Wainrider War.[1] After this the Towers of the Teeth were again abandoned and fell into ruin, eventually claimed by the servants of the Dark Lord. They were repaired and fortified, and were incorporated into the defenses of the pass and gate.[2]
Narchost stood at the western end of the Gate, and Carchost at the eastern end.[3] Frodo, Sam, and Gollum beheld these towers and the Black Gate between them as they disputed the best passage into Mordor, and it was before these towers that the Captains of the West and their host later made their last stand against the forces of Sauron. The towers were destroyed with the defeat of Sauron in TA 3019, upon the destruction of the One Ring.
Etymology

Carchost means "fang fort" in Sindarin, and Narchost "fire fort".
Portrayal in adaptations
Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
In the lore of the game Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor, the Towers of the Teeth were built by Gondor with the use of prison labor, following the Battle of Dagorlad.
Translations
Foreign Language | Translated name |
Afrikaans | Torings van die Tande |
Albanian | Kullat e Dhëmbët |
Amharic | á„áá¶áœ áááᜠ|
Arabic | ۣۚ۱ۧۏ ÙÙŰŁŰłÙŰ§Ù |
Armenian | Ô±Ő·ŐżŐĄÖŐĄŐŻŐ¶Ő„Ö Ő§ ŐĄŐżŐĄŐŽŐ¶Ő„ÖŐ« |
Azerbaijani | DiĆlÉrin qĂŒllÉlÉr |
Basque | Hortzak dorreak |
Belarusian Cyrillic | ĐĐ”Đ¶Ń Đ·ŃĐ±ĐŸŃ |
Bengali | àŠŠàŠŸàŠàŠ€ àŠàŠŸàŠàŠŻàŠŒàŠŸàŠ°à§àŠž |
Bosnian | Kule zuba |
Bulgarian Cyrillic | ĐŃлО ĐœĐ° Đ·ŃбОŃĐ” |
Burmese | áĄááœáŹážáááŹáá«áááŻááș |
Cambodian | áááá¶áááááááááá |
Catalan | Torres de les Dents |
Cebuano | Mga Torre sa mga Ngipon |
Chinese | ćĄççéœż |
Croatian | Kula Zubi |
Czech | VÄĆŸe zubĆŻ |
Danish | TandtÄrnene |
Dutch | Torens van de Tanden |
Esperanto | Turoj de la Dentoj |
Estonian | Torni hambad |
Filipino | Ang mga tore ng mga ngipin |
Finnish | Hammastornit |
French | Tours des Dents |
Frisian | Tuorren fan 'e tosken |
Galician | Torres dos Dentes |
Georgian | áȘááźááĄááááá á ááááááá |
German | TĂŒrme der Wehr |
Greek | Î ÏÏÎłÎżÏ Ï ÏÏΜ ÎŽÎżÎœÏÎčÏΜ |
Gujarati | àȘŠàȘŸàȘàȘ€ àȘàȘŸàȘ”àȘ°à«àȘž |
Hausa | Hasumiya da Hakora |
Hebrew | ŚŚŚŚŚŚŚ Ś©Ś ŚŚ©ŚŚ ŚŚŚ |
Hindi | à€Šà€Ÿà€à€€ à€à„ à€à€Ÿà€”à€°à„à€ |
Hmong | Yees ntawm lub Hniav |
Hungarian | A fogak tornyok |
Icelandic | Turn à Tönnum |
Irish Gaelic | TĂșir na Fiacla |
Italian | Torri dei Denti |
Japanese | æŻăźćĄ |
Kannada | àČàłàČ€àł àČàČ«àł àČàČ”àȰàłàČžàł |
Kazakh | ĐąŃŃŃĐ”ŃŃĐœ ĐŒÒ±ĐœĐ°Ńа (Cyrillic) Tisterin munara (Latin) |
Korean | ìčìì íì |
Kurdish | BircĂȘn ji DiranĂȘn (Kurmanji) |
Kyrgyz Cyrillic | йОŃŃĐ”ŃĐžĐœ ĐŒŃĐœĐ°ŃĐ°Đ»Đ°Ń |
Latvian | TorĆi zobiem |
Lithuanian | BokĆĄtai dantĆł |
Luxembourgish | Tierm vum 'ZĂ€nn |
Macedonian Cyrillic | ĐŃлОŃĐ” ĐœĐ° забО |
Malagasy | Ireo tilikambo-ny Nify |
Malay | Menara Gigi |
Malayalam | àŽȘàŽČà”àŽČàŽżàŽšà”àŽ±à” àŽàŽ”à”àŽŽà”àŽžà” |
Maltese | Torrijiet tas-snien |
Marathi | à€Šà€Ÿà€€ à€à„à€”à€°à„à€ž |
Mongolian Cyrillic | ĐšÒŻĐŽŃŃ ĐŠĐ°ĐŒŃ Đ°Đł |
Nepalese | à€Šà€Ÿà€à€€ à€à„ à€à€Ÿà€”à€° |
Norwegian | TÄrn av tennene |
Pashto | ŰŻ ŰșۧÚÙÙÙ ÙŒŰ§Ù۱ÙÙÙ |
Persian | ۚ۱ۏ ÙŰ§Û ŰŻÙŰŻŰ§Ù |
Polish | WieĆŒe zÄbĂłw |
Punjabi | àšŠà©°àšŠ àšàšŸàš”àš° |
Romanian | Turnuri de dinĆŁi |
Russian | ĐаŃĐœĐž Đ·ŃĐ±ĐŸĐČ |
Sinhalese | à¶Żà¶à· à¶ à¶à·à· à·à¶«à· |
Serbian | ĐŃлД Đ·Ńба (Cyrillic) Kule zuba (Latin) |
Sindhi | ŰŹÙ ÚÙŰŻ ŰŹÙ ŰšŰ±ŰŹ |
Slovenian | Stolpi zob |
Slovak | VeĆŸe zubov |
Spanish | Torres de los Dientes |
Sundanese | Munara tina Huntu |
Swahili | Minara ya Meno |
Swedish | TĂ€ndernas torn |
Tajik Cyrillic | ĐĐ°ĐœĐŸŃĐ°ÒłĐŸĐž ба ĐŽĐ°ĐœĐŽĐŸĐœ |
Tamil | àźȘàź±àŻàźàźłàŻ àźàź”àź°àŻàźžàŻ |
Telugu | à°à±à°€à± à°à°”à°°à±à°žà± |
Thai | àžàžČàž§àčàž§àžàžŁàčàžàžàžàžàž±àž |
Turkish | DiĆ Kuleleri |
Ukrainian Cyrillic | ĐČĐ”Đ¶Ń Đ·ŃбŃĐČ |
Urdu | ۯۧÙŰȘ Ú©Û ÙčۧÙ۱ŰČ |
Uzbek | ĐąĐžŃ ĐŒĐžĐœĐŸŃĐ°Đ»Đ°Ń (Cyrillic) Tish minoralar (Latin) |
Vietnamese | ThĂĄp cá»§a RÄng |
Welsh | Tyrau o'r Dannedd |
Yiddish | ŚŚÖžŚŚŚąŚšŚĄ Ś€ŚŚ ŚŚ ŚŠŚŚŚ |
References
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- â Unfinished Tales, Part III: The Third Age, Chapter II: "Cirion and Eorl and the Friendship of Gondor and Rohan", note 15
- â The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, Book Six, ch. I: "The Tower of Cirith Ungol"
- â Unfinished index to The Lord of the Rings