Sources

“Romanno, in Newlands parish, Peebles, is Rumannoch, 1266 (Ex. Rolls and Acts of Parl. Alexander II.); Rothmaneic and Rumanach (Chart. Hol.). In the middle of the twelfth century a carucate of land in the fief of Rothmaniec [154] with pasture for a thousand sheep, was granted to the canons of the Holy Rood at Edinburgh. (36) The name is for Ràth Manach, ‘the monks’ rath,’ with reference to the great rath on the high ground above Romanno. It may have been given after the grant to Holyrood, but there is the possibility of an earlier religious settlement of the Celtic Church. The terraces at Romanno are similar to those on the eastern and south-eastern slopes of Arthur’s Seat near Holyrood. They were evidently designed for purposes of cultivation, and both sets may owe their origin to the monks of Holyrood.” Watson 1926 153-4

“[*Mönach] + rǭd- (see discussion under rǭd), but Gaelicised and possibly Gaelic in origin.” A. James, BLITON