The Fifth Gate of Gondolin was the Gate of Silver. Its wall was white marble, and was low and broad. Its parapet was a trellis of silver between five great globes of marble, and on it stood many archers robed in white. The gate was shaped as three parts of a circle, and wrought of silver and pearl in likenesses of the Moon.

Above the Gate, on the midmost globe, stood an image of Telperion, wrought of silver and malachite, with flowers made of the great pearls of the Isle of Balar.

Beyond the Gate was a wide court paved with green and white marble, and there stood more archers clad in silver mail and white-crested helms. A long white road ran to the Sixth Gate, and along this road the grass sward widened, and the white flowers had opened, showing centres of gold.