Menteith

Menteith or Monteith (Scottish Gaelic: Mòine Tèadhaich), a district of south Perthshire, Scotland, roughly comprises the territory between the Teith and the Forth.

[1] The name Menteith may be derived from the Brittonic cognate of Welsh mynydd (borrowed into Gaelic as monadh), meaning "mountain, muir",[2] combined with river-name Teith (of obscure origin).

[2] Alternatively, given the topography of the area the name is possibly derived from the Gaelic word moine, meaning Moss or Marsh, cognate with Teith.

Mary, Queen of Scots, when a child of four, lived on the island for a few weeks in 1548 before leaving for Dumbarton Castle on her way to France.

[3] The landscapes, history and folklore of Menteith feature in a number of the sketches of the writer, politician and adventurer R.B.

Map of Scotland showing roughly the historic district of Menteith (however, the eastern shore of Loch Lomond was actually part of The Lennox , rather than Menteith)