Ownership of Scottish land is a national and international disgrace. Land ownership is a major asset and the majority of Scotland is owned privately. Much of it by ancient aristocratic families given lands by English Kings and Queens for shagging or fighting centuries ago. If land is power, where is the power in Scotland?

For a wee insight into foreign owners of Scottish land, the top 20 landowners in Scotland, or a more detailed look into Sutherland landowners, Aberdeen landowners, Angus landowners, Argyll landowners, Ayrshire landowners, Banff landowners, Berwickshire landowners, Caithness landowners, Clackmannanshire landowners. Dumbartonshire landowners, Dumfries and Galloway landowners, East Lothian landowners, Fife landowners, Inverness landowners, Kincardine landowners, Kinross landowners, Kirkcudbright landowners, Lanarkshire landowners, Midlothian landowners, Moray landowners, Nairn landowners, Peebleshire landowners, Perthsire landowners, Renfrewshire landowners, Ross and Cromarty landowners, Roxburghshire landowners, Selkirk landowners, Wigtownshire landowners, Stirlingshire landowners or West Lothian landowners , look here.

Does it matter ?

Only if you don't care....and if this makes you mad enough, we recommend Andy Wightman's excellent book Scotland: Land & Power - Agenda for Land Reform. Click on the link to buy it in the FirstFoot shop.