Geographical centre of Scotland

This is the mathematical equivalent of calculating the point at which a cardboard cut-out of Scotland could be perfectly balanced on the tip of a pin.

The Society of Antiquaries of Scotland in 1908 suggested the megalithic Faskally Cottages Standing Stones.

[4] The Society were aware of other contenders of the centre of Scotland: "Various spots have been so designated: a site at Struan, several miles to the N.W.

[6][7] There is also and east–west divide as told in the story as recorded by Boece who relates that in 855 Scotland was invaded by two Northumbrian princes, Osbrecht and Ella.

[8] They united their Northumberian Anglian forces with the Lowland Strathclyde Britons in order to defeat the Highland Pictish Scots.

The point furthest from the Mean High Water mark is in Glen Quoich, near Braemar, in Aberdeenshire which is 67.6 km from the sea.

[13][14] As with other topics like defining the location of the North Pole the answer largely depends on which criteria you choose.