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==Highland Area Council== | ==Highland Area Council== | ||
Additions : 1996 Highland Regional Council with districts [[Badenoch and Strathspey]], [[Caithness]], [[Inverness]], [[Lochaber]], [[Nairn]], [[Sutherland]], [[Ross and Cromarty]], [[Skye and Lochalsh]]''' | Additions: 1996 Highland Regional Council with districts [[Badenoch and Strathspey]], [[Caithness]], [[Inverness]], [[Lochaber]], [[Nairn]], [[Sutherland]], [[Ross and Cromarty]], [[Skye and Lochalsh]]''' | ||
[[File:highland.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | [[File:highland.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
===Official blazon=== | |||
Per saltire Argent and Azure: on a saltire Gules between three barrulets wavy Azure in chief and a Lochaber axe paleways Sable, the shaft surmounted of a branch of oak Vert, acorns Or, in base, and a galley Or, the sail thereof charged with a raven Sable, in the dexter flank, a castle triple-towered, embattled Argent, masoned Sable, window and port Gules, in sinister flank, a lion rampant Argent in dexter chiel a water bouget of the Last in sinister chiei an antique crown Or in dexter base, and a mullet of the Last in sinister base; over all at the fess point on an inescutcheon Or, the figure of Our Lord Proper upon a cross Sable. | Per saltire Argent and Azure: on a saltire Gules between three barrulets wavy Azure in chief and a Lochaber axe paleways Sable, the shaft surmounted of a branch of oak Vert, acorns Or, in base, and a galley Or, the sail thereof charged with a raven Sable, in the dexter flank, a castle triple-towered, embattled Argent, masoned Sable, window and port Gules, in sinister flank, a lion rampant Argent in dexter chiel a water bouget of the Last in sinister chiei an antique crown Or in dexter base, and a mullet of the Last in sinister base; over all at the fess point on an inescutcheon Or, the figure of Our Lord Proper upon a cross Sable. | ||
Above the Shield is placed a Coronet appropriate to a statutory Area Council, ''videlicet'':- issuant from a circlet eight paling piles (three and two halves visible) Or and eight garbs (four visible) of the Last, banded Sable; on a Compartment below the Shield are set for Supporters. dexter, a stag Or, and sinister, a unicorn Argent, armed, maned and unguled Or, and gorged with a collar Gules, from which is pendant an oval badge Azure, fimbriated Or, charged with a saltire Argent. | Above the Shield is placed a Coronet appropriate to a statutory Area Council, ''videlicet'':- issuant from a circlet eight paling piles (three and two halves visible) Or and eight garbs (four visible) of the Last, banded Sable; on a Compartment below the Shield are set for Supporters. dexter, a stag Or, and sinister, a unicorn Argent, armed, maned and unguled Or, and gorged with a collar Gules, from which is pendant an oval badge Azure, fimbriated Or, charged with a saltire Argent. | ||
===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The arms are granted on February 11, 1997. | The arms are granted on February 11, 1997. | ||
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The red saltire represents the St Andrew's cross of Scotland. The gold coronet signifies the new unitary area Councils, and is modelled on the former County Councils' green coronet with gold wheatsheaves. | The red saltire represents the St Andrew's cross of Scotland. The gold coronet signifies the new unitary area Councils, and is modelled on the former County Councils' green coronet with gold wheatsheaves. | ||
===Image gallery=== | |||
<gallery widths=250px heights=200px perrow=0> | |||
File:Highlandac1.jpg|alt=Arms of Highland|The arms in Inverness (image by Ross Manson McEwen) | |||
</gallery> | |||
==Highland Regional Council== | ==Highland Regional Council== | ||
Additions : 1975 [[Argyllshire]] County Council (partly), [[Caithness]] County Council, Cromdale, [[Grantown-on-Spey]], [[Inverness-shire]] County Council (partly), [[Nairnshire]] County Council, [[Ross and Cromarty]] County Council (partly), [[Sutherland]] County Council | Additions: 1975 [[Argyllshire]] County Council (partly), [[Caithness]] County Council, Cromdale, [[Grantown-on-Spey]], [[Inverness-shire]] County Council (partly), [[Nairnshire]] County Council, [[Ross and Cromarty]] County Council (partly), [[Sutherland]] County Council | ||
[[File:highlandr.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | [[File:highlandr.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
===Official blazon=== | |||
Azure, a saltire Argent, surmounted at the fess point by an inescutcheon Gules, fimbriated Or, and charged with a star Argent, a bordure counter compony of the First and Second. | Azure, a saltire Argent, surmounted at the fess point by an inescutcheon Gules, fimbriated Or, and charged with a star Argent, a bordure counter compony of the First and Second. | ||
Above the Shield is placed a coronet appropriate to a statutory Region, ''videlicet'':- a circlet richly chased, from which are issuant four thistles leaved (one and two halves visible) Or; and on a Compartment below the Shield are set for Supporters, dexter, a stag Or, and sinister, a unicorn Argent, armed, maned and unguled Or, and gorged with a collar Gules, from which is pendant an oval badge Azure, fimbriated Or, charged with a saltire Argent. | Above the Shield is placed a coronet appropriate to a statutory Region, ''videlicet'':- a circlet richly chased, from which are issuant four thistles leaved (one and two halves visible) Or; and on a Compartment below the Shield are set for Supporters, dexter, a stag Or, and sinister, a unicorn Argent, armed, maned and unguled Or, and gorged with a collar Gules, from which is pendant an oval badge Azure, fimbriated Or, charged with a saltire Argent. | ||
===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The arms are granted on July 25, 1975. | The arms are granted on July 25, 1975. | ||
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{{media}} | {{media}} | ||
[[Literature]] : Urquhart, 1979 ; 2001 | [[Civic Heraldry Literature - United Kingdom|'''Literature''']]: | ||
Urquhart, 1979 ; 2001 | |||
[[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities H]] | [[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities H]] | ||