County of Bute
The County of Bute, also known as Buteshire, is a historic county and registration county of Scotland. Now replaced by Argyll and Bute for the Isle of Bute, with the Argyll and Bute Council.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: County with 12,500 residents
- Description: historic county of Scotland
- Also known as: “Bute County” and “Buteshire”
Photo: Neil McDermott, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: John Ferguson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Torr Meadhonach.
Torr Meadhonach
Peak
Photo: Dave souza, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Torr Meadhonach is a hill 332 metres high at the northernmost part of the Isle of Arran in western Scotland, east of the village of Lochranza.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lochranza and Skipness.
Lochranza
Village
Photo: Markarianuk, Public domain.
The Isle of Arran is part of Ayrshire in southwest Scotland. It lies in the Firth of Clyde, the broad reach of sea southwest of Glasgow and enclosed by the Ayrshire coast to the east and the Kintyre peninsula to the west.
Skipness
Village
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tarbert is a village in Argyll and Bute on the west coast of Scotland. An Tairbeart is a Gaelic term meaning "carry across", indicating an isthmus where small boats could be portaged from one body of water to another.
County of Bute
Latitude
55.75° or 55° 45′ northLongitude
-5.25° or 5° 15′ westPopulation
12,500Open location code
9C7PQQ22+22OpenStreetMap ID
node 302323929OpenStreetMap feature
place=county
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Breton to Welsh—“County of Bute” goes by many names.
- Breton: “Kontelezh Bute”
- Bulgarian: “Бутешире”
- Cebuano: “Buteshire”
- Chinese: “比特郡”
- French: “comté de Bute”
- French: “Comté de Bute”
- German: “Bute”
- Irish: “Bód”
- Irish: “Siorrachd Bhòid”
- Italian: “Bute”
- Japanese: “カウンティ・オブ・ビュート”
- Japanese: “ビュートシャー”
- Kurdish: “Bute”
- Latin: “Bota”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Bute”
- Norwegian: “Bute”
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Butscīr”
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Butsċīr”
- Polish: “Buteshire”
- Russian: “Бьют”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Siorrachd Bhòid”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Buteshire”
- Slovenian: “Bute”
- Swedish: “Buteshire”
- Ukrainian: “Б’ют (Шотландія)”
- Ukrainian: “Б’ют”
- Venetian: “Bute”
- Welsh: “Swydd Bute”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Fairy Dell and Cock.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Ossian’s Cave and Cnoc a‘ Chuil.
Argyll and Bute: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Oban, Campbeltown, Helensburgh, and Isle of Bute.
Curious Places to Discover
Uncover intriguing places from every corner of the globe.
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