Kirkwall
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KIRKWALL
Incorporated into : 1976 Orkney Islands Council
Official blazon
Party per fess wavy Or and Azure: an ancient threemasted ship of the First, sails furled, masts and rigging Proper, flags and pennons Gules, each having a canton of the second charged with a Saint Andrew's cross Argent.
In an Escrol below the Shield is placed this Motto "Si Deus Nobiscum".
Origin/meaning
The arms were granted on November 11, 1886.
The arms are based on the 1675 Burgh seal, and use the blue and gold colours of the ancient Earldom of Orkney.
The three-masted ship denotes that Kirkwall is an important seaport. The Latin motto-"If God be for us"-is evidently taken from Romans 8:31.
Literature : Urquhart 1973