Don, Historically nowhere east of Elgin was ever considered part of the Highlands. Indeed arguably nowhere east of Nairnshire was considered the Highlands. Mark -----Original Message----- From: lanark-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:lanark-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Don Muirhead Sent: 17 June 2010 23:32 To: lanark@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [Lanark] Highlands and the Lowlands. Margaret, I don't think there is an official line but the simplest description would be to draw a line from say Dumbarton to Stonehaven (Aberdeen). Although my father always said it was everyplace higher or lower than the place you were before (it didn't make sense to me either). Wikipedia has this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_Lowlands Don -----Original Message----- From: lanark-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:lanark-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Margaret McNab Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2010 3:25 PM To: Newsgroup Lanarkshire Subject: [Lanark] Highlands and the Lowlands. Can some one please me where the official line divides the two areas of Scotland. Thank You Margaret ------------------------------- LANARK, SCOTLAND MAILING LIST ------------------------------- LANARK, SCOTLAND MAILING LIST LIST TOPIC: The discussion and research of genealogy or history information pertaining to Lanark, Scotland at any point in its history. WHEN REPLYING to any list post please remember to snip most of the earlier message before you post any reply LIST INFORMATION PAGE: Contact the List Admin at lanark-admin@rootsweb.com; or to search the list archives, get information on subscribing or unsubscribing, or to obtain other useful information to help you use the list more effectively, please click on the following link to the list information page online: http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/SCT/LANARK.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LANARK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message