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This is a list of the 33 Scottish Counties by their highest point.

Rank County Height Name National Grid reference
1 Inverness-shire 1,345 m (4,413 ft) Ben Nevis NN166712
2= Aberdeenshire 1,309 m (4,295 ft) Ben Macdhui NN988989
2= Banffshire 1,309 m (4,295 ft) Ben Macdhui NN988989
4 Perthshire 1,214 m (3,983 ft) Ben Lawers NN635414
5 Ross and Cromarty 1,183 m (3,881 ft) Carn Eige NH123261
6 Argyll 1,150 m (3,770 ft) Bidean nam Bian NN143542
7 Angus 1,068 m (3,504 ft) Glas Maol NO166765
8 Sutherland 998 m (3,274 ft) Ben More Assynt NC318201
9 Stirlingshire 974 m (3,196 ft) Ben Lomond NN367028
10 Dunbartonshire 943 m (3,094 ft) Ben Vorlich NN295124
11 Bute 874 m (2,867 ft) Goatfell NR991415
12 Kirkcudbrightshire 843 m (2,766 ft) Merrick NX427855
13= Peeblesshire 840 m (2,760 ft) Broad Law NT146235
13= Selkirkshire 840 m (2,760 ft) Broad Law NT146235
15 Dumfriesshire 821 m (2,694 ft) White Coomb NT163151
16 Ayrshire 782 m (2,566 ft) Kirriereoch Hill shoulder NX421870
17 Kincardineshire 778 m (2,552 ft) Mount Battock NO549844
18 Lanarkshire 748 m (2,454 ft) Culter Fell NT052290
19 Roxburghshire 743 m (2,438 ft) Cairn Hill West Top (Hangingstone Hill) NT895193
20 Clackmannanshire 721 m (2,365 ft) Ben Cleuch NN902006
21 Moray 710 m (2,330 ft) Carn a' Ghille Chearr NJ139298
22 Caithness 706 m (2,316 ft) Morven ND004285
23 Nairnshire 659 m (2,162 ft) Carn Glas-choire NH891291
24 Midlothian 651 m (2,136 ft) Blackhope Scar NT315483
25 East Lothian 535 m (1,755 ft) Meikle Says Law NT581617
26 Berwickshire 532 m (1,745 ft) Meikle Says Law shoulder NT581616
27= Fife 522 m (1,713 ft) West Lomond NO197066
27= Renfrewshire 522 m (1,713 ft) Hill of Stake NS273630
29 Kinross-shire 497 m (1,631 ft) Innerdouny Hill NO032073
30 Orkney 481 m (1,578 ft) Ward Hill HY228022
31 Shetland 450 m (1,480 ft) Ronas Hill HU305834
32 Wigtownshire 322 m (1,056 ft) Craigairie Fell NX236736
33 West Lothian 312 m (1,024 ft) Cairnpapple Hill (South Top) NS987711

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References

  1. Abolished 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 1,110 m high - which would have made it 7th in the list
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