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==Burgh== | ==Burgh== | ||
Incorporated into : 1975 [[Angus]] District Council (1996 Angus Area Council) | Incorporated into: 1975 [[Angus]] District Council (1996 Angus Area Council) | ||
[[File:Forfar.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | [[File:Forfar.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
===Official blazon=== | |||
Azure, a castle Argent, having two tiers of battle ments, triple-towered and with two flanking towers, masoned Sable, three windows and port Gules, the tower caps of the Last with balls Or, the central tower having a flag displayed Argent, charged with a lion passant Gules, imperially crowned Proper; on a chief wavy Or, a Scots fir eradicated Proper between a hull's head on the dexter and a stag's head on the sinister, both cabossed Sable, the former armed and the latter attired Gules. | Azure, a castle Argent, having two tiers of battle ments, triple-towered and with two flanking towers, masoned Sable, three windows and port Gules, the tower caps of the Last with balls Or, the central tower having a flag displayed Argent, charged with a lion passant Gules, imperially crowned Proper; on a chief wavy Or, a Scots fir eradicated Proper between a hull's head on the dexter and a stag's head on the sinister, both cabossed Sable, the former armed and the latter attired Gules. | ||
Below the Shield which is ensigned with a Burghal coronet, is placed upon a Compartment suitable to a Burgh Royal this Motto " | Below the Shield which is ensigned with a Burghal coronet, is placed upon a Compartment suitable to a Burgh Royal this Motto "Ut quocunque paratus". | ||
===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The arms were granted on May 31, 1948. | The arms were granted on May 31, 1948. | ||
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|align="center"|[[File:Forfarseal.jpg|350 px|center|seal of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>Seal of the burgh as used in the 1890s | |align="center"|[[File:Forfarseal.jpg|350 px|center|seal of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>Seal of the burgh as used in the 1890s | ||
|align="center"|[[File:Forfar.haguk.jpg|center|Arms of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms in the [[Coffee Hag albums]] +/- | |align="center"|[[File:Forfar.haguk.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms in the [[Coffee Hag albums]] +/- 1935 | ||
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[[File:Forfarc.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | [[File:Forfarc.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
===Official blazon=== | |||
Azure, a castle Argent, having two tiers of battlements, triple-towered and with two flanking towers, masoned Sable, three windows and port Gules, the tower caps of the Last with balls Or, the central tower having a flag displayed Argent, charged with a lion passant Gules, imperially crowned Proper; on a chief wavy Or, a Scots fir eradicated Proper between a hull's head on the dexter and a stag's head on the sinister, both cabossed Sable. the former armed and the latter attired Gules. | Azure, a castle Argent, having two tiers of battlements, triple-towered and with two flanking towers, masoned Sable, three windows and port Gules, the tower caps of the Last with balls Or, the central tower having a flag displayed Argent, charged with a lion passant Gules, imperially crowned Proper; on a chief wavy Or, a Scots fir eradicated Proper between a hull's head on the dexter and a stag's head on the sinister, both cabossed Sable. the former armed and the latter attired Gules. | ||
Above the Shield is placed a Coronet appropriate to a statutory Community Council, videlicet:- a circlet richly chased from which are issuant four thistle leaves (one and two halves visible) and four pine cones (two visible) Or, and in an Escrol below the same this Motto "Ut Quocunque Paratus". | Above the Shield is placed a Coronet appropriate to a statutory Community Council, videlicet:- a circlet richly chased from which are issuant four thistle leaves (one and two halves visible) and four pine cones (two visible) Or, and in an Escrol below the same this Motto "Ut Quocunque Paratus". | ||
===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The arms were granted on August 14, 1989. | The arms were granted on August 14, 1989. | ||
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{{media}} | {{media}} | ||
[[Literature]] : Porteous, 1906; Urquhart, 1974, 2001 | [[Civic Heraldry Literature - United Kingdom|'''Literature''']]: | ||
Porteous, 1906; Urquhart, 1974, 2001 | |||
[[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities F]] | [[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities F]] | ||