Traditional counties of Scotland

The Traditional counties of Scotland are historical areas of Scotland. They are no longer used for any official purpose.

See also: Lieutenancy areas of Scotland, Subdivisions of Scotland, Traditional counties of England, Traditional counties of Wales.

• Aberdeenshire
• Angus (Forfarshire)
• Argyllshire
• Ayrshire
• Banffshire
• Berwickshire
• Buteshire
• Caithness
• Clackmannanshire
• Cromartyshire
• Dumfriesshire
• Dunbartonshire
• East Lothian (Haddingtonshire)
• Fife
• Inverness-shire
• Kincardineshire
• Kinross-shire
• Kirkcudbrightshire
• Lanarkshire
• Midlothian (Edinburghshire)
• Morayshire
• Nairnshire
• Orkney
• Peeblesshire
• Perthshire
• Renfrewshire
• Ross-shire
• Roxburghshire
• Selkirkshire
• Shetland
• Stirlingshire
• Sutherland
• Wigtonshire
• West Lothian (Linlithgowshire)

Map of the traditional counties, courtesy of the Association of British Counties

Note: this map shows Ross-shire and Cromartyshire as one county, which was a change made to the administrative counties made in 1888. Thus, it is not an accurate map of the traditional counties. However, it isn't a map of administrative counties at any time, either, as it has no County of London. Thus, this map is a chimera.