Orkney Islands Shetland Islands Western Isles Highland Fife The Scottish Borders Dumfries & Galloway City of Aberdeen Moray Angus City of Dundee Clackmannanshire Falkirk Stirling West Lothian City of Edinburgh Midlothian East Lothian Aberdeenshire Perth & Kinross Argyll & Bute West Dunbartonshire East Dunbartonshire North Lanarkshire Inverclyde Renfrewshire City of Glasgow North Ayrshire East Renfrewshire South Ayrshire East Ayrshire South Lanarkshire


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Current County and Unitary Authority Tops of Scotland

The map and list depict the current administrative counties and Unitary Authorities of Scotland, and their highest points above sea level.  These are the areas which were formed by administrative changes in 1996.

Though the traditional historic counties and their boundaries still exist, local government administrative changes have been largely adopted by map-makers and in road-signage, giving us new administrative "counties".  The notable changes were: the metropolitan "counties" and other oddities in 1975, e.g. Central, Strathclyde, Highland, Grampian; the changeover to Unitary Authorities in 1996.

This website also includes pages for the Historic County Tops, and for the Administrative (1975) County Tops.

Click here for more detailed information on county history.

(Current County/UA Tops appear as Type=U on this website)

Total listed: 32Show / Hide Table Notes

TypeName of TopMetresFeetCountyGPS IDGrid ReferenceDate of Ascent
MUBrimmond Hill266873AberdeenSC6524NJ 85605 09165 (e) 
MNACUBen Macdui13094295AberdeenshireSC5518NN 98898 98943 (t) 
MNCUGlas Maol10683504AngusSC5461NO 16699 76576 (t) 
MNAUBen Cruachan11263694Argyll and ButeSC5232NN 06965 30470 (g) 
MDCUBen Cleuch7212365ClackmannanshireSC6642NN 90275 00630 (g) 
MDACUMerrick8432766Dumfries and GallowaySC6688NX 42757 85549 (t) 
UGallow Hill175575DundeeSC9002NO 36430 34180 (e) 
MDUBlackcraig Hill7002297East AyrshireSC6743NS 64737 06456 (t) 
MUEarl's Seat5781896East DunbartonshireSC6656NS 56985 83800 (t) 
MCUMeikle Says Law5351755East LothianSC6813NT 58120 61735 (t) 
MUCorse Hill3761234East RenfrewshireSC6686NS 59837 46468 (t) 
MUEast Cairn Hill5671860EdinburghSC6809NT 12810 59315 (g) 
UDarrach Hill3571171FalkirkSC9003NS 75400 82755 (e) 
MACUWest Lomond5221713FifeSC6658NO 19730 06635 (g) 
UCathkin Braes200657GlasgowSC9001NS 61480 58385 (e) 
MNACUBen Nevis13444409HighlandSC5278NN 16675 71284 (t)20/06/2000
UCreuch Hill4411447InverclydeSC9004NS 26553 68578 (t) 
MDACUBlackhope Scar6512136MidlothianSC6802NT 31525 48335 (g) 
MNACUBen Macdui13094295MoraySC5518NN 98898 98943 (t) 
MAUClisham [An Cliseam]7992621Na h-Eileanan Siar (Western Isles)SC6587NB 15490 07285 (g) 
MCUGoatfell [Goat Fell]8742867North AyrshireSC6472NR 99145 41535 (g) 
UCort-ma Law East Top5271729North LanarkshireSC9005NS 66055 80585 (e) 
MACUWard Hill4811578Orkney IslandsSC6549HY 22876 02249 (t) 
MNACUBen Lawers12143983Perth and KinrossSC5141NN 63551 41423 (t) 
MCUHill of Stake5221713RenfrewshireSC6679NS 27360 63000 (g) 
MDACUBroad Law8402756Scottish BordersSC6830NT 14645 23535 (t) 
MACURonas Hill4501476Shetland IslandsSC6527HU 30529 83486 (t) 
CUKirriereoch Hill shoulder7822565South AyrshireSC9006NX 41960 87105 (e) 
MDCUCulter Fell7482454South LanarkshireSC6843NT 05285 29080 (g) 
MNAUBen More11743852StirlingSC5026NN 43275 24416 (t) 
MUDuncolm4011316West DunbartonshireSC6668NS 47083 77496 (t) 
xUYWest Cairn Hill5621844West LothianSC6810NT 10729 58401 (t) 

Total climbed: 1 (3.1%) of 32 listed