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Meall Odhar is a cup-and-ring marked rock located in Perthshire, Scotland, at approximately 880 metres south-west of its reference point. The monument consists of a single stone bearing the characteristic prehistoric cup-and-ring carvings that appear across northern Britain and are typically associated with Bronze Age communities. These motifs—hemispherical depressions surrounded by concentric rings pecked into the stone surface—remain archaeologically enigmatic, though they may have held ritual, territorial or astronomical significance for their makers.
The rock sits upon bedrock of the Argyll Group, a Neoproterozoic sequence of psammite, semipelite and pelite formed during Scotland's early geological history. This metamorphic foundation provides the solid base necessary for the preservation of such ancient rock art over millennia, though the specific stone itself was chosen by Bronze Age carvers for its accessibility and workability relative to the surrounding landscape.
The monument is protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM10406, reflecting its importance as evidence of prehistoric artistic practice and belief systems in upland Perthshire. Cup-and-ring marked rocks of this type remain among Scotland's most intriguing Neolithic and Bronze Age survivals, their precise meanings and purposes continuing to invite scholarly enquiry and public fascination.
Meall Odhar, cup-and-ring marked rock 880m SW of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM10406. View the official record →
Meall Odhar is a cup-and-ring marked rock located in Perthshire, Scotland, at approximately 880 metres south-west of its reference point.
Meall Odhar, cup-and-ring marked rock 880m SW of 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 SM10406.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Meall Odhar, peat stores and trackway 560m SW of (0.4 km), Cragganester,farmsteads,field systems,shielings and roadways,N of (0.9 km), Creag Dhubh, shielings 400m W of (2.8 km).
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Meall Odhar, cup-and-ring marked rock 880m SW of stands on Argyll Group, bedrock that formed in the Neoproterozoic. The rock here is psammite, semipelite and pelite.