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Today is 8th April 2026 .

Wikishire is where you may find the best of Britain and Ireland.

Wikishire is where you are; whether you are on the Shetland islands or the South Shetland Islands, or the places between, Wikishire is a growing guide on all you need to know about the British and Irish lands.

Tell the world what you love about your home. Each shire, from Kent to Kerry is here, with ever-growing detail; if your town or village is not in Wikishire, or if something important is missed out, then log on, then -

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To begin, you can peruse the list of counties of the UK or Republic of Ireland, or even go directly to a random page! To accompany the encyclopædia we also have an interactive map of the counties of the British Isles. We also have Resources for GIS including KML files and postcode lookup tools.

Today's featured image is:

The summit of Mount Battock, where Aberdeenshire, Angus and Kincardineshire meet

Mount Battock

Mount Battock is a mountain in the Grampian Mountains, its summit marking the meeting of three shires: Aberdeenshire, Angus and Kincardineshire. Its summit is the highest point in Kincardineshire.

This mountain rises out of on a vast expanse of rolling, peaty moorland and is the most easterly mountain in the "Corbetts" series, defined as mountains of between 2,500 and 3,000 feet high with a relative height of at least 500 feet. (Read more)

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What is a wiki?

A wiki is a collaborative website with certain standard functions allowing easy editing of pages by anyone. At Wikishire, you may log on and start work right away.

Few things stay still for long, and here you can keep updating or improving the articles. A wiki is a constant work in progress.