Bar-en-Danwedh, meaning “House of Ransom”, was the dwelling on Amon Rûdh which Túrin, his band of outlaws, Beleg, Mîm, and Mîm's sons lived in for a time.

Bar-en-Danwedh had been occupied by many Petty-Dwarves long before it entered the narrative of Narn i Hîn Húrin, or The Tale of the Children of Húrin. By this time, only three dwarves remained: Mîm and his sons Ibun and Khîm.

Bar-en-Danwedh got its name when Túrin and the outlaws (whose full story can be found under the encyclopedia entry Túrin) came upon the three dwarves, and the dwarves fled from them. Mîm lagged behind and was thrown down by one of the outlaws.

Mîm then offered to lead them to Bar-en-Nibin-Noeg, “House of the Petty-Dwarves”, his home, as ransom for his life. When they arrived he named it thenBar-en-Danwedh, referring to this ransom. Túrin then discovered that, when Mîm was captured, Khîm had been shot by one of the outlaws. Túrin said that if he ever came to wealth, he would pay Mîm a ransom of gold for his son, and that Bar-en-Danwedh had been named “House of Ransom” truly.

To enter Bar-en-Danwedh, one had to follow a winding course up Amon Rûdh. The path on both sides was full of dells and holes covered by brambles. Without a guide, it was possible to be lost for days on the lower slopes of Amon Rûdh, and it could only be reached by the north.

Higher up, the hill became more smooth but also more steep. There were many rowan trees and many aeglos and seregon flowers.

One ascending Amon Rûdh to enter Bar-en-Danwedh would come to a high, sheer stone wall. Twenty feet to the right of where one would come to this wall, there was a cleft in the rock where two faces of the wall overlapped. The cleft ran into the hill, then became a steep path. It led to a path through birch trees growing around a pool.

Behind the trees, there was a cave, appearing to be small and shallow. Entering the cave, one would follow a twisting path into Bar-en-Danwedh. It came into a “small but lofty hall”, which was dimly lit by lamps hanging from the ceiling on chains. A chamber opened at the back of the wall. There were many other chambers in Bar-en-Danwedh – at least enough to house one hundred people.