The Allt Odhar (Moy) Interstadial site

The
Allt Odhar
site [NH 798 368] lies at c. 371 m OD on the Moy Estate, some 16 km
south
-
east of Inverness (Fig. 100). Preserved within a sequence of glacial deposits,
there is a notable bed of compressed peat containing pollen, insect remains and plant
macrofossils (Me
rritt, 1990b
,
1993
). Analysis of pollen, plant
-
macrofossil and beetle
remains has allowed a detailed reconstruction of environmental conditions during an
Early Devensian interstadial. The close proximity (9 km) of this site to
Dalcharn
is of
significance be
cause they are the first sites from the mainland of Scotland to provide
evidence of wooded conditions during both an interstadial and an interglacial period
of the Middle or Late Quaternary. The deposits also have significant potential for
establishing a d
etailed glacial history of the area
(Merritt et al.
, 2017)