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• Aberdeenshire
  ...e south, [[Inverness-shire]] and [[Banffshire]] to the west, and the North Sea to the north and east. It has a coast-line of 65 miles. Aberdeenshire has a ...south of [[Peterhead]], are the Bullers of Buchan – a basin in which the sea, entering by a natural arch, boils up violently in stormy weather. Buchan N
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• Argyll
  Argyllshire is a large county of breathtaking scenery. It is deeply cut by sea lochs, and divided into peninsulas and scattered islands stretching into th ...y were ruled by Norse-speaking Gall-Gaels.<ref>Woolf, Alex "The Age of the Sea-Kings: 900-1300" in Omand (2006) pp. 94-95</ref>
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• County Armagh
  ...nally flatlands in the north where rolling flats and small hills reach sea level at [[Lough Neagh]]. ...ic seeking out cheaper goods than are available under their native state's level of taxation.
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• Ayrshire
  ...[Wigtownshire]] to the south; [[Dumfriesshire]] to the south-east; and the sea to the west. ...nghame in the north includes the royal burgh of Irvine. It is a generally level and fertile land.<ref name=Douglas-2/>
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• Buckinghamshire
  The two highest points in Buckinghamshire, both 876&nbsp;feet above sea level, are Coombe Hill near [[Wendover]] and Haddington Hill in Wendover Woods. ...in [[Northamptonshire]] and flows through six counties before reaching the sea. In its upper reaches it passes through [[Buckingham]], along the northern
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• Berwickshire
  ...d and its eastern edge is its 21-mile cliff-bound coastline on the [[North Sea]]. The Merse stretches to the south and east, and is a comparatively level landscape.
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• Buteshire
  ...d geomorphology of the area is complex and the islands and the surrounding sea lochs each have distinctive features. The influence of the Atlantic Ocean a ...'et al.'' (2007) pp. 297- 301.</ref> After the last retreat of the ice sea level changes and the isostatic rise of land makes charting post glacial coastlin
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• Caernarfonshire
  The county is bounded to the north by the [[Irish Sea]], to the east by [[Denbighshire]], to the south by [[Cardigan Bay]] and [[ ...e north of the county, between the mountains and Menai Strait, is a nearly level plain. The east of the county is part of Vale of Conwy, with the [[River Co
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• Menai Strait
  ...bedrock hollows across the region, the deepest of which was flooded by the sea as world ocean levels rose at the end of the last ice age. ...south-west, causing the water in the strait to flow north-eastwards as the level rises. The tide also flows around Anglesey until, after a few hours, it sta
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• Caithness
  ...eastern tip of [[Great Britain]], bounded to the north and the east by the sea and to the west by [[Sutherland]]. ...e contrast to the mountainous shires elsewhere in the north. It is largely level county of wind-blown moors and seascape. Inland, the [[Flow Country]] stre
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• Cambridgeshire
  ...llage of [[Castle Camps]] at the edge of the county, at 413 feet above sea level. The county's only notable heights are [[Little Trees Hill]] and [[Wandlebu ...l lines from the [[Great Ouse]] (at the [[Huntingdonshire]] border) to the sea are the [[Old Bedford River]] and [[New Bedford River]], two great, tidal d
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• Cumberland
  ...coast, stretching along the coast of the [[Solway Firth]] and the [[Irish Sea]]. ...s [[Scafell]] in Cumberland, Scafell Pike standing at 3,208 feet above sea level, though not far from the seacoast. Many of the highest and most famous of
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• Denbighshire
  ...rn [[Wales]]. It is a maritime county, bounded to the north by the [[Irish Sea]], to the east by [[Flintshire]], [[Cheshire]] and [[Shropshire]], to the s ...is the south summit of [[Cadair Berwyn]], standing at 2,726 feet above sea level in the [[Cambrian Mountains]], approaching [[Snowdonia]], and it is in thes
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• Dumfriesshire
  ...ountainous districts of the [[Southern Uplands]] in the north, down to the sea; lofty hills alternating in parts with stretches of tableland or rich ferti [[Loch Skeen]] in the north (found 1,750 feet above sea level) and the group of lochs around [[Lochmaben]], are the principal lakes. Out
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• East Lothian
  ...ngdom|shire]] on the south coast of the [[Firth of Forth]] and the [[North Sea]]. ...rth and, rounding the corner at [[Dunbar]], to the north-east is the North Sea. To landward, on the west and south-west is [[Midlothian]]; and to the sou
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• Hertfordshire
  The [[County top|highest point in the county]] is 803 feet above sea level, on the border with Buckinghamshire at the edge of [[Pavis Wood]] a quarter
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• Huntingdonshire
  ...'s highest point is Boring Field, near [[Covington]] at 263 feet above sea level; the lowest highest point of all the counties. ...e county's share of the [[Great Fen]]. Much of the land here is below sea level and the landscape in the northeast in particular presents a vast, flat appe
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• Inverness-shire
  ...f the river Ness, in several of the glens and on the shores of some of the sea lochs, the county is wild and mountainous in the extreme and characterised ...ble across the scenery and ultimately drown themselves in the lochs or the sea. Of these:
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• Kirkcudbrightshire
  ...e north and north-west across the hills is [[Ayrshire]], while the [[Irish Sea]] and the [[Solway Firth]] wash its coast at the south. To Kirkcudbrightsh ...Standard]] (2,290&nbsp;feet). The southern section of the shire is mostly level or undulating, but characterised by picturesque scenery.
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• Lanarkshire
  ...de the remains of old beaches at 25, 50 and 100 feet above the present sea-level are to be observed.
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• Lincolnshire
  ...nshire has borders with seven counties, but its longest border is with the sea. The [[East Riding of Yorkshire|East]] and [[West Riding of Yorkshire|West ...he industrial towns along the south bank of the [[Humber]] and the [[North Sea]] coast around [[Grimsby]] and [[Scunthorpe]].
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• Middlesex
  ...f the county]] is on the High Road, [[Bushey Heath]] at 502 feet above sea level, just yards from the [[Hertfordshire]] border.
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• Midlothian
  The county is surrounded by sea and seven other counties. It is bounded to the north by the Firth of Forth ...and Hills]] advance boldly from the south-west to within five miles of the sea. The loftiest Pentland summits are [[Scald Law]] (1,898 feet), Carnethy (1,
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• Blakesley
  ...hire]], about five miles west of Towcester. It is about 1,400 ft above sea level according to [[Ordnance Survey]]. North-west of Blakesley, and now contiguo
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• Morayshire
  Along the sea coast the shores are mostly low and sandy. It is a fishing and farming coas Thus Elginshire is naturally divided into two sections, the level and fertile coast and its hinterland, known as "the Laigh o' Moray," a trac
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• Nairnshire
  ...] and on the east by [[Morayshire]]. The county's northern edge is on the sea, its coast washed by the Moray Firth. It has an area of just 200 square mil .... Several of these border hills of Nairnshire exceed 2,000 feet above sea level, the highest being [[Carn Glas-choire|Carn Glas]], the [[county top]] at 2,
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• Norfolk
  ...nning across the drained [[Terrington Marsh]] to [[the Wash]]. The [[North Sea]] washes Norfolk to the east and to the north, a long, flat coast.
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• Northumberland
  ...nty Durham]] to the south, while its eastern side is washed by the [[North Sea]]. ...ent. Opposite Bamburgh are the [[Farne Islands]] stretching into the North Sea and well known for their abundant birdlife, and north of them the largest a
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• Lancaster Canal
  ...struction of the Glasson branch, so that the canal had a connection to the sea.<ref name=hadfield183/> ...1819, and it opened in 1826, with six locks carrying the canal down to the sea.<ref>{{harvnb |Hadfield |Biddle |1970 |pp=195–196}}</ref>
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• Peeblesshire
  ...ire, Selkirkshire and Berwickshire to [[Berwick-upon-Tweed]] and the North Sea, and the [[River Clyde]] flowing west and through the heart of Lanarkshire ...es Tweeddale to enter Selkirkshire, where the banks are 450 feet above sea level.
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• Perthshire
  ...m|shire]] in central Scotland. In the midst of the land, its outlet to the sea is the [[River Tay|Firth of Tay]], and most of the towns lie near that rive ...er streams, and the Carse of Gowrie is formed by the beach at the 50-foot. level. The gravel cones poured out at the mouths of many of the glens which open
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• Liathach
  ...stern end of Liathach, beyond Mullach an Rathain, drops more gently to sea level than any of the burns.
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• Ross-shire
  ...otland, reaching from the [[Atlantic Ocean|Atlantic]] coast to the [[North Sea]]. ...county town]] of Ross-shire is [[Dingwall]] in Easter Ross, near the North Sea coast.
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• Rutland
  ...section of secluded farmland near Belmesthorpe, at 56&nbsp;feet above sea level.
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• Selkirkshire
  ...st the [[Manor Hills]], its gentle slopes reaching to 2,441 feet above sea level, on the border of [[Peeblesshire]]. The grandest peaks here are:
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• Somerset
  ...[[Bristol Channel]] as the estuary of the [[River Severn]] opens into the sea. The border with [[Gloucestershire]] is the River Avon. ...Mendips and Quantocks, is large expanse of flat land, much of it below sea level, known as the [[Somerset Levels]], once flooded in winter and inhabited onl
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• Staffordshire
  ...at the very northern edge of Staffordshire, stands at 1,518 feet above sea level. This record was confirmed in 2007 by the [[Ordnance Survey]] after [[Wanlo
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• Stirlingshire
  ...nty]] is the summit of [[Ben Lomond]], which rises to 3,196 feet above sea level.
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• Surrey
  ...indeed close to the Thames in the very north-east some areas are below sea level. Gentle hills rise in places. This area is not one of unbroken brick and ...cross Surrey from [[Farnham]] in the very west into Kent, falling into the sea as the [[White Cliffs of Dover]]. In Surrey the Downs provide a fine, wild
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• Wiltshire
  ...ey]], just to the north of [[Salisbury Plain]], at 968&nbsp;feet above sea level. ...–2000), and its low unemployment rates. The gross domestic product (GDP) level in Wiltshire did not reach the UK average in 1998, and was only marginally
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• Yorkshire
  ...shire is the [[River Tees]], the eastern boundary is marked by the [[North Sea]] coast and the southern boundary the [[River Humber|Humber Estuary]] and [ ...ters into the [[River Ouse, Yorkshire|River Ouse]] which reaches the North Sea via the Humber Estuary.<ref name="rivers">{{cite book | year = 1992 | titl
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• County Kilkenny
  ...reland with the county top being [[Brandon Hill]], at 1,690 ft above [[sea level]]. The majority of the rest of the county is hilly except for the centre, j Although County Kilkenny lies inland it has access to the sea via Belview Port, Port of Waterford, on the [[River Suir|Suir Estuary]] and
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• Terminology of the British Isles
  ...ajority of individual sports (e.g. tennis and athletics), at international level competitors are identified as GB if they are from Great Britain or Northern ...echanical Engineering, The University of Leeds</ref> the UK's Internet top-level domain is '''.uk''', a break from the practice of following ISO 3166 (a '''
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• Oakham
  ..., and varies from 325ft above sea level (Ladywell area) to 400ft above sea level (Brooke School area).
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• Turriff
  ...to the border with [[Banffshire]]. It is approximately 166 feet above sea level, and has a population of 5,708. The western boundary of the parish also for
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• Ballycastle, County Antrim
  ...nto one river. This is known as the Margy River which flows into the Moyle Sea at the start of The Strand... ...of an iron salt pan) is at the far end of the beach which, jut out to the sea and are a popular location for fishing. They are easily accessible by a foo
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• Cambridge
  Cambridge is very low-lying, its height between 20 and 80 feet above sea level. [[East Anglia]] west of Cambridge is flat too and the local legend oft to
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• Littleport
  ...Cambridgeshire]], about six miles north of [[Ely]]. It lies on the Bedford Level South section of the [[River Great Ouse]], close to [[Burnt Fen]] and [[Mar ...trig point in Britain is near Little Ouse; it sits at three feet below sea level.<ref>[https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/blog/2016/04/happy-80th-birthday-to-
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• Irvine, Ayrshire
  ...d higher prominence as sea ports. Despite this, there was still commercial sea traffic, though the harbour went into further decline in the 20th century. ...system attached to the mast. At night, a number of lamps marked the tidal level. Unfortunately the building has fallen into some disrepair and the mast par
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• Manchester
  ...Mersey were made navigable by 1736, opening a route from Manchester to the sea docks on the Mersey. The [[Bridgewater Canal]], Britain's first wholly arti ...addition the ground level was lowered by approximately 10m and the entire level&nbsp;1 seating area was constructed. The capacity for the Games was approxi
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