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Photos for County Tops My ProgressI have completed 1 (8.3%) of 12 Administrative (1975) County Tops of Scotland. League Table - compare your progress with other members of this site. |
Map Key
Close- Hover cursor over a County for name
- Hover cursor over a triangle for name of top
- Red/Green triangles indicate County tops I/you have ascended/not ascended
- Pink/Blue triangles indicate tops from other lists I/you have ascended/not ascended
- Blue circled S's are suggested Start points - click for OS map
- Triangle size gives some indication of mountain height...
3000ft+ 
2000ft+ 
1000ft+ 
<1000ft - Click on a triangle for mountain details page (opens a new window)
Table Notes
Close- Type - C:Historic County top; A:Administrative (1974) County top;
U:Current County/UA top; c:ex-County top
L:London Borough top
M,N,H,W:also a Marilyn, etc. - Click on column headings (e.g. Name of Top) to re-order the list, and click again to reverse order
- Click on symbol next to Rank/Type to indicate its position on the map
- Click on a Mountain Name for page showing details of summit (opens a new window)
- Metres and Feet - height of summit above sea level
- GPS ID - 6 character ID used in the GPS files which you can download from this site
- Grid Reference (see Disclaimer) - Click on a grid ref for OS map courtesy of Multimap (opens a new window)
- Letters in brackets after grid ref show how it has been derived:
g=recorded by GPS receiver; g2=averaged from 2 recordings (etc);
t=grid ref of trig pillar (derived from OS website);
e=estimated from map (i.e. no actual readings); e6=estimated to 6 digits only
Please contact the author with any you have recorded, including a brief description of the actual point recorded - the more readings, the greater the accuracy of the grid ref - Date of Ascent - my/your personal log
- Summits displayed in red are the ones I/you have ascended
Administrative (1975) County Tops of Scotland
The map and list depict the administrative counties of Scotland, and their highest points above sea level. These are the counties which were formed by administrative changes in 1975, and lasted until 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 current County and Unitary Authority Tops.
Click here for more detailed information on county history.
(Administrative County Tops appear as Type=A on this website)
| Total listed: 12 |
| Type | Name of Top | Metres | Feet | County | GPS ID | Grid Reference | Date of Ascent |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MDACU | Broad Law | 840 | 2756 | Borders | SC6830 | NT 14645 23535 (t) | |
| MNAU | Ben More | 1174 | 3852 | Central | SC5026 | NN 43275 24416 (t) | |
| MDACU | Merrick | 843 | 2766 | Dumfries & Galloway | SC6688 | NX 42757 85549 (t) | |
| MACU | West Lomond | 522 | 1713 | Fife | SC6658 | NO 19730 06635 (g) | |
| MNACU | Ben Macdui | 1309 | 4295 | Grampian | SC5518 | NN 98898 98943 (t) | |
 MNACU | Ben Nevis | 1344 | 4409 | Highland | SC5278 | NN 16675 71284 (t) | 20/06/2000 |
| MDACU | Blackhope Scar | 651 | 2136 | Lothian | SC6802 | NT 31525 48335 (g) | |
| MACU | Ward Hill | 481 | 1578 | Orkney | SC6549 | HY 22876 02249 (t) | |
| MACU | Ronas Hill | 450 | 1476 | Shetland | SC6527 | HU 30529 83486 (t) | |
| MNAU | Ben Cruachan | 1126 | 3694 | Strathclyde | SC5232 | NN 06965 30470 (g) | |
| MNACU | Ben Lawers | 1214 | 3983 | Tayside | SC5141 | NN 63551 41423 (t) | |
| MAU | Clisham [An Cliseam] | 799 | 2621 | Western Isles | SC6587 | NB 15490 07285 (g) |
Total climbed: 1 (8.3%) of 12 listed
