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Provinces and districts This is an inventory map of some provinces, districts and other arcrown. Another group correspond -to some extent, at least -to the eas which have acquired a degree of unity by reason of history or later counties: one of these is Tweeddale, the later county ofPeebles. geography. Some are islands; others are well defined peninsulas, The area to which a particular name referred could fluctuate greatly such as Ardnamurchan. Some are geographical features such as over the cenl\Iries: thus, Moray in the early period stretched across promontories (like the Mull of Kintyre) or river valleys, like Scotland, but latterly, it was a county of middle size. Elsewhere in Strathnaver. Other areas acquired a degree of cohesion by virtue of the atlas, many of these reappear as lordships, baronies, thanages, ownership or lordship exercised by laymen or clergymen or the regalities, stewartries, sheriffdoms, bishoprics and parishes. ~ ~ $!:J ~p ~~~,y ~\?Northern Isles '\l ~ ;~ ~'I>~ {o$eantJ ,Kerrera o O~c\'>'l SU:'I> Iona~~ V, ~\e~ Balquhidder S 11 .., trathearn Fife \i 1 TrosSachs'--. -~ ~ {§ ~ ~ s ~ 0 -1 ~edale' rran 1>-..0 (">,.. r ETIiUcK' Kyle 'J.. ~FOREST . 0'~1 / 'l": ~4'O~~e "-f:'\'eo;~0'':;;' .., 0 ::> "/~ ..... ~ y '" Wauchopedale ~ Debateable Land kms 50 75 100 0 25, ,, , 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 miles Provinces and districts PGBMTranscribers who have contributed to this page.
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Aberdeenshire County, Angus County, Argyll County, Ayrshire County, Banffshire County, Berwickshire County, Buteshire County, Caithness County, Clackmannanshire County, Cromarty County, Dumfriesshire County, Dunbartonshire County, East Lothian County, Fife County, Inverness-shire County, Kincardineshire County, Kinross-shire County, Kirkcudbrightshire County, Lanarkshire County, Midlothian County, Morayshire County, Nairnshire County, Orkney County, Peeblesshire County, Perthshire County, Renfrewshire County, Ross County, Ross And Cromarty County, Roxburghshire County, Selkirkshire County, Shetland County, Stirlingshire County, Sutherland County, West Lothian County, Wigtownshire County