High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Minas Morgul (. Sindarin: Tower of Black Sorcery), also known by its earlier name of Minas Ithil (Sindarin: Tower of the Moon), is a fictional fortified city in J. R. R. Tolkien`s Middle-earth. Its full name is Minas Ithil in the Morgul Vale, since the city is located in a deep valley of the same name.