Large burgh was a type of municipal structure in Scotland, which existed from 1930 to 1975.
Many other burghs were within the area controlled by county councils, having various functions as lower-tier authorities.
The Local Government (Scotland) Act 1929 made extensive reforms to the structure of local government, including bringing all but four burghs under the control of a county council; the exceptions were Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh, and Glasgow, which were all classed as counties of cities.
[3][4] All burghs in Scotland were abolished in 1975 and replaced with the uniform system of districts and regions, which is itself now defunct.
[5] (See Subdivisions of Scotland for the modern units of local government in the country.)