Ravenhill


 * An outlying hill beneath the height of Erebor, the Lonely Mountain. It stood at the end of a ridge of high ground extending southwards from the mountain itself, overlooking the River Running and the valley of Dale. The Dwarves of Erebor built a guard-post on the hill.


 * Carc and his wife (a pair of a large, intelligent and long-lived breed of raven) had lived above the guard-post during the childhood ofBalin, a Dwarf of Erebor who supposed that the hill was named after this pair.  However it's probable that a raven rookery had existed on the hill for generations, so the name Ravenhill may have been much older than Balin was aware.


 * During the expedition of Thorin & Company to Erebor in T.A. 2941, they utilized the lookout at Ravenhill and the shelter of the guard-chamber.