Meall Odhar
Marker Cairn (Period Unassigned), Plantation Dyke (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Meall Odhar
Classification Marker Cairn (Period Unassigned), Plantation Dyke (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 290088
Site Number NN64SE 53
NGR NN 6604 4001
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/290088
- Council Perth And Kinross
- Parish Kenmore (Perth And Kinross)
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Perth And Kinross
- Former County Perthshire
NN64SE 53 6604 4001
An area of about 25ha around the summit of Meall Odhar is enclosed by a ruined drystone dyke, within which there is a scattering of Scots Pine trees and numerous tree throws. The summit itself is marked by a small modern cairn. The construction of a dyke around 'Wester Mailer of Lawers', and its subsequent planting, is recorded in the Breadalbane Estate accounts for 1789 (J Harrison 2003, RCAHMS MS 1155/6). The enclosure is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Perthshire 1867, sheets LVIII and LXIX), which shows trees only in its SE half.
(BL00 2039)
Visited by RCAHMS (SDB) October 2000
