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Kirkwall

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KIRKWALL

Incorporated into : 1976 Orkney Islands Council

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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.

Kirkwall became a Burgh in 1475. 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.

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Seal of Kirkwall from 1675.

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