diff --git a/dat/minend-2.lua b/dat/minend-2.lua
index 16bc272b2..fefdba486 100644
--- a/dat/minend-2.lua
+++ b/dat/minend-2.lua
@@ -55,6 +55,11 @@ if percent(50) then
    end
 end
 
+-- uncontroled arrival (via trap door, level teleport) will be in the central
+-- portion of level to prevent ending up stuck in the treasure area, whether
+-- arriving from above or below (despite this being bottom of Mines branch,
+-- hero might arrive from below by invoking Wiz role's Eye of the Aethiopica)
+des.teleport_region({ region={23,03,48,16}, region_islev=1 })
 
 -- Dungeon Description
 des.feature("fountain", {14,13})
diff --git a/doc/fixes3-7-0.txt b/doc/fixes3-7-0.txt
index 20e6310c2..c8305e942 100644
--- a/doc/fixes3-7-0.txt
+++ b/doc/fixes3-7-0.txt
@@ -1206,6 +1206,8 @@ hero might hear unseen monster read scroll of create monster or scroll of
 wizard mode wish for terrain while on a fountain|sink spot made the counter
 	for number of fountains|sinks become one too big; would affect level
 	sound messages if all fountains|sinks were eventually destroyed
+add a level arrival region to the Gnone King's Wine Cellar variation of the
+	Mines' End level so that hero can't end up in the treature chamber
 
 
 Fixes to 3.7.0-x General Problems Exposed Via git Repository