Ravine

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At least some content in this article is derived from information featured in Hogwarts Legacy. Spoilers will be present within the article.

A deep, narrow ravine in the Hogwarts grounds divided the castle into two sections. The Covered Bridge, Viaduct, Stone Bridge and Suspension Bridges spanned this gorge.

History[]

In the 19th century, the ravine contained water. In the 1890–1891 school year, the water was still visible.^[1] By the late 20th century, the water seemingly had begun to dry up, and by the 1990s, it appeared to have disappeared completely.^[2]

In 1990, during the final battle between R and the Circle of Khanna, Verucca Buckthorn-Snyde's Fiendfyre attacked Peregrine, the leader of R, and pushed him off the Viaduct into the ravine, without a wand. His fate was unknown.^[3]

In November 1994, the ravine was shrouded in a thin mist, particularly around the Viaduct, where the fog was most concentrated.^[4] By May 1998, however, the mist had disappeared entirely, leaving the ravine looking deep and ominously dark, with its bottom unseeable.^[2]

During the Battle of Hogwarts, as Lord Voldemort led the Death Eaters and their allies from the Forbidden Forest towards the castle wrongly believing he had successfully killed Harry Potter, a dead giant lay in his path on the Viaduct. With a wave, Voldemort magically pushed the body off the bridge into the ravine below.^[2]

Behind the scenes[]

the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, the Triwizard Hungarian Horntail crashed into the Viaduct as she chased Harry Potter, and fell into the viaduct. Her fate was left undetermined.
In the film Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2:
- The Viaduct present in the previous films is absent, and the stone walkway connecting the Entrance Courtyard and The Quad is extended to the Viaduct Entrance.
- The Ravine is Fenrir Greyback's place of death.
- Harry Potter and Voldemort both jumped off the Quad. However, Voldemort managed to Apparate them both, crashing through towers, and coming to crash-land in the Entrance Courtyard. As this scene contradicts the books, it is not considered canon.