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Originally Posted by skip spence
It's been a long time since I read Unfinished Tales and the Palantiri part, but weren't they as a general rule rather large and heavy objects, although the one in Ortanc was an obvious exception? I mean, they were perhaps not objects you would hastily put in your back pocket before heading out of a mad march to regain something much more precious. Feanor could also have gifted away the Palantiri to the Teleri in his younger more carefree days, who can tell?
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At smallest they were about a foot in diameter, but some, certainly the Stones of Osgiliath and Amon Sűl, were much larger and could not be lifted by one man.
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"A foot in diameter", a bit larger than a standard tenpin bowling ball. Makes one feel sorry for Aragorn's horse, which probably carried the Orthanc-stone all the way from Dol Baren to Minas Tirith.