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An out-post with 500 dwarves ready to march with spare gear at a moments notice ?
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Yes, that sounds like an outpost to me. Five-hundred is not that many.
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While the Iron Hills was no Khazad-Dum or Erebor it seemed to be the major concentration of the House of Durin in the late 3rd age.
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Yes, I've often wondered why Durin's Folk did not go to the White Mountains and set themselves up there.
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I don't believe they were given up on. I don't recall where it is said that all dwarves of the Iron Hills moved to Erebor.
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I think that you are right. The Iron Hills were probably not abandoned.
A mattock is like an axe, only different.
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