High, Middle and Low Kinmont
Early-attested site in the Parish of Corney
Historical Forms
- Kinemund 1201–16,1236–52 DuLa
- Kynemund' 1235,1236 Pipe 1319 Dugdvi
- Kenemund 1236–52 DuLa 1278,1279 Ass
- Kinnemuth 1278 Ass
- Kinnmuħ 1279 ib
- Kynmont 1526 DuLa
- Kyntmounte al. Kydmonte 1536 MinAcct
- Kynmonde 1537 DuLa
- Kynemund 1194–1214 HMC
- Kinnemoth 1329 ib
Etymology
This name is identical with Kinmont in Annandale and in Methven and in Banffshire, for which Watson (400–1, 404) gives forms Kynmund (1529), Kynmonth (1578), Kynmonthe (1407), and Kinmonth in Glenbervie, for which he gives no early forms. Cf. also Kinmont (Dumfriesshire), Kynemund 1194–1214 HMC, Kinnemoth 1329 ib.The name is derived from the Gaelic ceann monaidh , 'head (or end) of the moor (or mountain)'; cf. Kintyre, 'end of the land'.