Site type TREE
Canmore ID 26854
Site Number NO02NW 8
NGR NO 0405 2588
Council PERTH AND KINROSS
Parish METHVEN
Former Region TAYSIDE
Former District PERTH AND KINROSS
Former County PERTHSHIRE

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Archaeological Notes

NO02NW 8 0405 2588.

(NO 0405 2588) Pepperwell Oak (NAT)
OS 6" map (1959)

Pepperwell Oak is a large tree, more than 200 years old, in the ground of Methven Castle. Tradition reports that there is a stone in the heart of the tree. Nothing is known of the origin of the name.
New Statistical Account (NSA) 1845.

Pepperwell Oak is still standing. No further information.
Visited by OS (BS), 3 October 1975.

NSA (1834-1845) The new statistical account of Scotland by the ministers of the respective parishes under the superintendence of a committee of the society for the benefit of the sons and daughters of the clergy, 15v Edinburgh
Page(s): Vol.10 (Perth), 146 Held at RCAHMS B.2.2.STA