Scottish counties/shires map

Scottish counties or shires are historic administrative regions, that were in use until 1975. There were 33 shires of counties in Scotland. Shires and councils are still used for cultural purposes, and people ofter trace their Scottish ancestry with relation to these historic shires. Today governance is based upon council areas.

Play the Scottish shires quiz.

For learning the ceremonial counties of England (lieutenancies), which are similarly still widely used for cultural and geographical purposes, use our English counties interactive map ( includes a fun map quiz).

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