Historic county tops of Britain and Ireland (in order)

Name the historic counties of Britain and Ireland according to their highest point.

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Country	Clue	Name	Height	Answer
Scotland	I	Ben Nevis	1,345m	Inverness-shire
Scotland	A	Ben Macdhui	1,310m	Aberdeenshire
Scotland	B	Ben Macdhui	1,310m	Banffshire
Scotland	P	Ben Lawers	1,214m	Perthshire
Scotland	R/C	Carn Eige	1,183m	Ross-shire
Scotland	A	Bidean nam Bian	1,150m	Argyllshire
Scotland	C	Sgurr Mor	1,110m	Cromartyshire
Wales	C	Yr Wyddfa/Snowdon	1,085m	Caernarfonshire
Scotland	A	Glas Maol	1,068m	Angus
Ireland	K	Carrauntoohil	1,039m	Kerry
Scotland	S	Ben More Assynt	998m	Sutherland
England	C	Scafell Pike	978m	Cumberland
Scotland	S	Ben Lomond	974m	Stirlingshire
England	W	Helvellyn	950m	Westmorland
Scotland	D	Ben Vorlich	943m	Dunbartonshire
Ireland	W	Lugnaquilla	925m	Wicklow
Ireland	L	Galtymore	918m	Limerick
Ireland	T	Galtymore	918m	Tipperary
Wales	M	Aran Fawddwy	905m	Merionethshire
Wales	B	Pen y Fan	886m	Brecknockshire
Scotland	B	Goat Fell	874m	Bute
Northern Ireland	D	Slieve Donard	850m	Down
Scotland	K	Merrick	843m	Kirkcudbrightshire
Scotland	P	Broad Law	840m	Peeblesshire
Wales	D	Cadair Berwyn	830m	Denbighshire
Wales	M	Moel Sych	827m	Montgomeryshire
Scotland	D	White Coomb	821m	Dumfriesshire
England	N	The Cheviot	815m	Northumberland
Ireland	M	Mweelrea	814m	Mayo
England	L	Coniston Old Man	803m	Lancashire
Ireland	C	Mount Leinster	794m	Carlow
Ireland	W	Mount Leinster	794m	Wexford
Ireland	W	Knockmealdown	792m	Waterford
England	Y	Mickle Fell	788m	Yorkshire
Scotland	A	Kirriereoch Hill	782m	Ayrshire
Wales	C	Fan Foel	781m	Carmarthenshire
Scotland	K	Mount Battock	778m	Kincardineshire
Ireland	D	Kippure	757m	Dublin
Wales	C	Pen Pumlumon Fawr	752m	Cardiganshire
Ireland	D	Errigal	751m	Donegal
Scotland	L	Culter Fell	748m	Lanarkshire
England	D	Burnhope Fell	746m	Durham
Scotland	S	Dun Rig	744m	Selkirkshire
Scotland	R	Cairn Hill/Hangingstone Hill	743m	Roxburghshire
Ireland	G	Benbaun	729m	Galway
Scotland	C	Ben Cleuch	721m	Clackmannanshire
Scotland	M	Carn a' Ghille Chearr	710m	Moray
Scotland	C	Morven	706m	Caithness
Ireland	C	Knockboy	706m	Cork
England	H	Black Mountain	700m	Herefordshire
Wales	M	Chwarel y Fan	680m	Monmouthshire
Northern Ireland	D/L	Sawel	678m	Derry
Northern Ireland	T	Sawel	678m	Tyrone
Ireland	C	Cuilcagh	665m	Cavan
Northern Ireland	F	Cuilcagh	665m	Fermanagh
Wales	R	Great Rhos	660m	Radnorshire
Scotland	N	Carn Glas-choire	659m	Nairnshire
Scotland	M	Blackhope Scar	657m	Midlothian
Ireland	S	Truskmore	647m	Sligo
England	D	Kinder Scout	636m	Derbyshire
Ireland	L	Truskmore South-East Cairn	631m	Leitrim
England	D	High Willhays	621m	Devon
Wales	G	Craig y Llyn	600m	Glamorgan
Ireland	L	Slieve Foye	589m	Louth
England	C	Black HIll	582m	Cheshire
Northern Ireland	A	Slieve Gullion	573m	Armagh
Scotland	W	West Cairn Hill	562m	West Lothian
Wales	F	Moel Famau	555m	Flintshire
Northern Ireland	A	Trostan	550m	Antrim
England	S	Brown Clee Hill	540m	Shropshire
Wales	P	Foel Cwmcerwyn	536m	Pembrokeshire
Scotland	E	Meikle Says Law	535m	East Lothian
Ireland	C	Moylussa	532m	Clare
Scotland	B	Meikle Says Law	532m	Berwickshire
Ireland	L	Arderin	527m	Laois
Ireland	O	Arderin	527m	Offaly
Scotland	F	West Lomond	522m	Fife
Scotland	R	Hill of Stake	522m	Renfrewshire
England	S	Cheeks Hill	520m	Staffordshire
England	S	Dunkery Beacon	519m	Somerset
Ireland	K	Brandon Hill	515m	Kilkenny
Scotland	K	Innerdouny Hill	497m	Kinross-shire
Scotland	O	Ward Hill	481m	Orkney
Scotland	S	Ronas Hill	450m	Shetland
Ireland	R	Seltannasaggart	428m	Roscommon
England	W	W************* Beacon	425m	Worcestershire
England	C	Brown Willy	420m	Cornwall
Ireland	K	Cupidstown Hill	379m	Kildare
Ireland	M	Slieve Beagh	373m	Monaghan
England	G	Cleeve Hill	330m	Gloucestershire
Scotland	W	Craigairie Fell	322m	Wigtownshire
England	B	Walbury Hill	297m	Berkshire
England	W	Milk Hill	295m	Wiltshire
England	S	Leith Hill	294m	Surrey
England	H	Pilot Hill	286m	Hampshire
England	S	Blackdown	280m	Sussex
England	D	Lewesdon Hill	279m	Dorset
England	L	Bardon Hill	278m	Leicestershire
Ireland	L	Carn Clonhugh	278m	Longford
Ireland	M	Slieve na Calliagh	276m	Meath
England	W	Ebrington Hill	261m	Warwickshire
Ireland	W	Mullaghmeen	258m	Westmeath
England	K	Betsom's Hill	251m	Kent
England	H	Pavis Wood	244m	Hertfordshire
England	B	Dunstable Downs	243m	Bedfordshire
England	N	Arbury Hill	225m	Northamptonshire
Wales	A	Holyhead Mountain	220m	Anglesey
England	N	Newtonwood Lane (not Silverhill!)	205m	Nottinghamshire
England	R	Cold Overton Park	197m	Rutland
England	L	Normanby Top	168m	Lincolnshire
England	M	Bushey Heath	155m	Middlesex
England	E	Chrishall Common	147m	Essex
England	C	Great Chishill	146m	Cambridgeshire
England	S	Great Wood	128m	Suffolk
England	N	Beacon Hill	105m	Norfolk
England	H	Boring Field	80m	Huntingdonshire