List of Scottish counties by highest point

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	Cairn Hill West Top (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

Footnotes

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 m) high - making it 7th in the list, and creating 34 traditional counties of Scotland.

Mountains and hills of Great Britain and Ireland

List of mountains and hills of the United Kingdom Corbetts Donalds Fells Furths Grahams Hewitts Marilyns Munros Murdos Nuttalls Wainwrights

Scotland	Mountains and hills of Scotland Munros Grahams/Corbetts/Marilyns Donalds Area tops counties council areas

England	Hewitts and Nuttalls Wainwrights Marilyns County tops 1964 current

Wales	Hewitts and Nuttalls Marilyns County tops 1964 current

Northern Ireland	List of mountains in Northern Ireland Hewitts Marilyns

Republic of Ireland	List of mountains in Ireland Hewitts Marilyns

List of mountains and hills by height List of mountains and hills by relative height

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