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Meall Odhar is a peat stores, huts and trackways monument located in Perthshire, Scotland, protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM10412. The site comprises evidence of medieval or early modern peat extraction and associated settlement, situated on moorland where the underlying bedrock consists of Argyll Group rocks—psammite, semipelite and pelite—formed during the Neoproterozoic era. This geology creates acidic soils typical of peatland development across the Scottish Highlands.
The monument encompasses the physical remains of peat stores and domestic structures, together with the trackways that connected them across the moorland. Peat extraction was a vital subsistence activity in Highland communities, providing essential fuel for heating and cooking where wood resources were limited. The survival of multiple huts at this location indicates sustained occupation and intensive peat management over time.
The combination of structures and infrastructure at Meall Odhar preserves an important record of upland land use and resource management practices in Perthshire. The moorland setting and surviving archaeological features offer insight into the practical organisation of peat harvesting operations and the settlement patterns of communities dependent on peatland resources in the Scottish Highlands.
Meall Odhar, peat stores, huts and trackways NE of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM10412. View the official record →
Meall Odhar is a peat stores, huts and trackways monument located in Perthshire, Scotland, protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM10412.
Meall Odhar, peat stores, huts and trackways NE 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 SM10412.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Meall Odhar, peat stores and trackway 560m SW of (1.1 km), Meall Odhar, cup-and-ring marked rock 880m SW of (1.4 km), Cragganester,farmsteads,field systems,shielings and roadways,N of (1.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Meall Odhar, peat stores, huts and trackways NE of's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Meall Odhar, peat stores, huts and trackways NE of stands on Argyll Group, bedrock that formed in the Neoproterozoic. The rock here is psammite, semipelite and pelite.