From LOTRO Lorebook
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Quest: Ruins of Cardolan
Description: In the lore fragments you brought him earlier, Newbold Leafcutter has discovered that the men of Cardolan made a final stand at a fortress in the south of the Barrow-downs.
Category: Bree-land
Scope: unknown
Min Level: 13
'We've but one last hope for learning both what became of the Men of Cardolan and how the Barrow-downs became home to such fell creatures. Unfortunately, the answer lies in the Downs.
'The lore fragments you brought me mention a fortress named Ost Gorthad. The Men of Cardolan took many of those who fell sick to the Plague there. The ruins of that fortress still stand today and if we are fortunate, some lore from those times may be preserved in those ruins!
'If you are willing, return to the Barrow-downs and make your way to the ruins of Ost Gorthad in the south. There, search for an ancient chest, where parchments or scrolls might have survived all these long years.'
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Spoiler alert
The chest is located in the SE most reaches of the southern Barrows, in the ruins past the Bone Man. Keep heading south into the ruins until you see a circular platform surrounded by water with a small Ancient Chest on it. If anyone who has this quest approaches the chest, 6-8 wights will spring up around the chest and attack. The timer that causes these wights to pop is very small, so it's best for everyone who needs the chest to rush towards it and stay there while they fight off the wights. That way, you don't have to worry about anyone approaching the chest after the wights are killed and causing them to spring up again.
