Shires Of Britain May 2026
<div class="shire-explorer"> <!-- Interactive map / button grid panel --> <div class="shire-map-panel"> <div class="map-title"> 🗺️ Click any Shire </div> <div class="shire-grid" id="shireButtonsContainer"> <!-- dynamic buttons from JS --> </div> <div class="mini-map-illustration"> 🏰 <span>Historic Shires of Britain</span> — over 30 traditional counties · from Cornwall to Caithness </div> </div>
const allShires = [...shiresData, ...scottishShires]; shires of britain
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// Additional Scottish/other Shires? To enrich "Britain" we add a few iconic Scottish 'shires' (traditional counties) const scottishShires = [ id: "midlothian", name: "Midlothian", town: "Edinburgh", known: "Edinburgh Castle, Pentland Hills", since: "Medieval", region: "Scotland (Lothian)", motto: "🏴 'Scotland's historic heart' — royal mile & festivals" , id: "ayrshire", name: "Ayrshire", town: "Ayr", known: "Robert Burns country, Culzean Castle", since: "13th century", region: "South West Scotland", motto: "📝 'Burns' land' — rolling pastures & coastal golf" , id: "fife", name: "Fife", town: "Cupar", known: "St Andrews, fishing villages, Forth bridges", since: "Ancient", region: "Scotland", motto: "⛳ 'Ancient Kingdom of Fife' — home of golf" , id: "perthshire", name: "Perthshire", town: "Perth", known: "Highland boundary, Scone Palace, Loch Tay", since: "Medieval", region: "Central Scotland", motto: "🏴 'Heart of Scotland' — hills & glens" , id: "aberdeenshire", name: "Aberdeenshire", town: "Aberdeen", known: "Castles, Cairngorms, whisky trails", since: "Saxon / Pictish", region: "North East Scotland", motto: "🏰 'Castle country' — granite & royal deeside" , id: "inverness-shire", name: "Inverness-shire", town: "Inverness", known: "Loch Ness, Culloden, Great Glen", since: "Medieval", region: "Highlands", motto: "🦕 Nessie's home — wild majesty of the Highlands" ];
