This is a list of the 33 Counties of Scotland by their highest point.
Rank |
County |
Height (m) |
Height (ft)1 |
Name |
Grid reference |
1 |
Inverness-shire |
1,344 |
4,409 |
Ben Nevis |
NN166712 |
2= |
Aberdeenshire |
1,309 |
4,295 |
Ben Macdhui |
NN988989 |
2= |
Banffshire |
1,309 |
4,295 |
Ben Macdhui |
NN988989 |
4 |
Perthshire |
1,214 |
3,983 |
Ben Lawers |
NN635414 |
5 |
Ross and Cromarty |
1,183 |
3,881 |
Carn Eige |
NH123261 |
6 |
Argyll |
1,150 |
3,773 |
Bidean nam Bian |
NN143542 |
7 |
Angus |
1,068 |
3,504 |
Glas Maol |
NO166765 |
8 |
Sutherland |
998 |
3,274 |
Ben More Assynt |
NC318201 |
9 |
Stirlingshire |
974 |
3,196 |
Ben Lomond |
NN367028 |
10 |
Dunbartonshire |
943 |
3,094 |
Ben Vorlich |
NN295124 |
11 |
Bute |
874 |
2,867 |
Goatfell |
NR991415 |
12 |
Kirkcudbrightshire |
843 |
2,766 |
Merrick |
NX427855 |
13= |
Peeblesshire |
840 |
2,756 |
Broad Law |
NT146235 |
13= |
Selkirkshire |
840 |
2,756 |
Broad Law |
NT146235 |
15 |
Dumfriesshire |
821 |
2,694 |
White Coomb |
NT163151 |
16 |
Ayrshire |
782 |
2,565 |
Kirriereoch Hill shoulder |
NX421870 |
17 |
Kincardineshire |
778 |
2,552 |
Mount Battock |
NO549844 |
18 |
Lanarkshire |
748 |
2,454 |
Culter Fell |
NT052290 |
19 |
Roxburghshire |
743 |
2,438 |
Hangingstone Hill |
NT895193 |
20 |
Clackmannanshire |
721 |
2,365 |
Ben Cleuch |
NN902006 |
21 |
Moray |
710 |
2,329 |
Carn a' Ghille Chearr |
NJ139298 |
22 |
Caithness |
706 |
2,316 |
Morven |
ND004285 |
23 |
Nairnshire |
659 |
2,162 |
Carn Glas-choire |
NH891291 |
24 |
Midlothian |
651 |
2,136 |
Blackhope Scar |
NT315483 |
25 |
East Lothian |
535 |
1,755 |
Meikle Says Law |
NT581617 |
26 |
Berwickshire |
532 |
1,746 |
Meikle Says Law shoulder |
NT581616 |
27= |
Fife |
522 |
1,713 |
West Lomond |
NO197066 |
27= |
Renfrewshire |
522 |
1,713 |
Hill of Stake |
NS273630 |
29 |
Kinross-shire |
497 |
1,631 |
Innerdouny Hill |
NO032073 |
30 |
Orkney |
481 |
1,578 |
Ward Hill |
HY228022 |
31 |
Shetland |
450 |
1,476 |
Ronas Hill |
HU305834 |
32 |
Wigtownshire |
322 |
1,056 |
Craigairie Fell |
NX236736 |
33 |
West Lothian |
312 |
1,024 |
Cairnpapple Hill (South Top) |
NS987711 |
- The foot measurement is derived from the Ordnance Survey metre measurement, multiplied by 3.2808.
- Although it ceased to exist as a county in 1890, Cromartyshire was a distinct county consisting chiefly of the Black Isle, with the county town of Cromarty, and the district of Ullapool, with a number of enclaves scattered in the body of Ross-shire, in between.The highest point of the County of Cromarty is Sgurr Mor in the Fannichs at os grid reference NH200694. It is 3642 ft (or 1110 mtrs) high - making it 7th in the list, and creating 34 traditional counties of Scotland
See also
References
Mountains and hills of Great Britain and Ireland
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