Tarnmonath Fell
Early-attested site in the Parish of Geltsdale
Historical Forms
- Formoneth (sic print), Terne Mouelt 1603 Gilsland
- Tormonath 1603 Map
Etymology
Apparently this is a Celtic place- name, the second element being, as Prof. Jackson suggests, the Primitive Cumbric *monið 'mountain,' Welsh mynydd . The forms of the first element are ambiguous, but Prof. Ekwall compares the Welsh Tormeneth in the Liber Landavensis.