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Meall Odhar is a mountain in the
Scottish Highlands The Highlands ( sco, the Hielands; gd, a’ Ghàidhealtachd , 'the place of the Gaels') is a historical region of Scotland. Culturally, the Highlands and the Lowlands diverged from the Late Middle Ages into the modern period, when Lowland Sco ...
, situated about 3 km to the west of
Tyndrum Tyndrum (; gd, Taigh an Droma) is a small village in Scotland. Its Gaelic name translates as "the house on the ridge". It lies in Strathfillan, at the southern edge of Rannoch Moor. Location and facilities Tyndrum is a popular tourist village, ...
, close to the northern boundary of the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park. Meall Odhar is part of the Tyndrum Hills. With a height of 656 m and a drop of 183 m, it is listed as a Marilyn and a
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.Database of British and Irish Hills.
Retrieved 21 Jan 2012. The name ''Meall Odhar'' is from the
Gaelic Gaelic is an adjective that means "pertaining to the Gaels". As a noun it refers to the group of languages spoken by the Gaels, or to any one of the languages individually. Gaelic languages are spoken in Ireland, Scotland, the Isle of Man, and Ca ...
for "dun-coloured round hill".


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Mountains and hills of Stirling (council area) Grahams Marilyns of Scotland {{Stirling-geo-stub