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Cammoch is a deserted settlement in Perthshire, Scotland, protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland. The site sits upon bedrock of the Argyll Group, a Neoproterozoic formation comprising psammite, semipelite and pelite—metamorphic rocks that give the landscape its characteristic steep slopes and deeply incised glens typical of this region. These hard, weathered substrates underlie the thin soils that would have presented particular challenges to medieval and early modern agriculture.
The settlement represents the physical remains of a community that occupied this upland Perthshire location, likely during the medieval or early modern period. Deserted settlements of this type are scattered across the Scottish Highlands and Southern Uplands, often marking places where population shifted, tenancies were consolidated, or marginal land fell out of use during periods of economic or social change.
Today, Cammoch survives as earthwork traces within the landscape—the remnants of structures, field boundaries and settlement patterns that reveal how communities adapted to and utilised the challenging terrain of Neoproterozoic geology in one of Scotland's most dramatic upland regions. The monument is protected to preserve this evidence of historical land use and habitation.
Cammoch, deserted settlement is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM9569. View the official record →
Cammoch is a deserted settlement in Perthshire, Scotland, protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM9569.
Cammoch, deserted settlement is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic Environment Scotland — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Scotland. The official designation reference is SM9569.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Edradynate Castle, earthwork 120m E of Milton of Cluny (8.4 km), Tom of Cluny,chambered cairns 450m SSW of (9.6 km), Castle Dow,fort (9.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Cammoch, deserted settlement's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Cammoch, deserted settlement stands on Argyll Group, bedrock that formed in the Neoproterozoic. The rock here is psammite, semipelite and pelite.