Mindrum is located on the North West Foothills of the Cheviot Hills on the Bowmont Water, one of the Tributaries of the River Tweed.

Whilst the term Mountain may be optimistic, the village is flanked by a clear ridge running from Camp Hill to the Mindrum Mill Crag on its North West Flank.

It can be explained as a compound of the words equivalent to Welsh mynydd, 'mountain' and drum, 'ridge'.

Whilst the term 'mountain' may be optimistic, the village is flanked by a clear ridge running from Camp Hill to the Mindrum Mill Crag on its North West Flank.

[citation needed] Thus an alternative, and perhaps more logical, etymology is "edge of the ridge".