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==District council== | ==District council== | ||
Additions : 1975 Dumbarton, [[Cove and Kilcreggan]], [[Helensburgh]]; Districts of Helensburgh, Old Kilpatrick (partly), Vale of Levan <br/> | Additions: 1975 Dumbarton, [[Cove and Kilcreggan]], [[Helensburgh]]; Districts of Helensburgh, Old Kilpatrick (partly), Vale of Levan <br/> | ||
Incorporated into : 1996 [[Argyll and Bute]], [[West Dunbartonshire]] | Incorporated into: 1996 [[Argyll and Bute]], [[West Dunbartonshire]] | ||
[[File:dumbartond.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | [[File:dumbartond.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
===Official blazon=== | |||
Azure, an elephant statant Argent, tusked Or, charged on the forehead with a crescent Gules, bearing on his back a tower Proper. | Azure, an elephant statant Argent, tusked Or, charged on the forehead with a crescent Gules, bearing on his back a tower Proper. | ||
Above the Shield is placed a coronet appropriate to a statutory District, videlicet:-a circlet richly chased, from which are issuant eight thistle-heads (three and two halves visible) Or;• and in an Escrol under the same this Motto" Aonaichte". | Above the Shield is placed a coronet appropriate to a statutory District, videlicet:-a circlet richly chased, from which are issuant eight thistle-heads (three and two halves visible) Or;• and in an Escrol under the same this Motto" Aonaichte". | ||
===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The arms were granted on July 25, 1977. | The arms were granted on July 25, 1977. | ||
The arms are largely based on that of the former Dumbarton Burgh, | The arms are largely based on that of the former Dumbarton Burgh, see below. As a difference the elephant is standing instead of walking and has a red crescent on the forehead. The crescent in English heraldry is indicating a second son, or in this case a re-grant. | ||
The motto "Aonaichte" means "Togetherness", and symbolises the unification of the three burghs and the districts. | The motto "Aonaichte" means "Togetherness", and symbolises the unification of the three burghs and the districts. | ||
==Burgh== | ==Burgh== | ||
Incorporated into : 1975 Dumbarton District | Incorporated into: 1975 Dumbarton District | ||
[[File:dumbarton.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | [[File:dumbarton.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
===Official blazon=== | |||
Azure, an elephant passant Argent, tusked Or, bearing on his back a tower Proper. | Azure, an elephant passant Argent, tusked Or, bearing on his back a tower Proper. | ||
The Motto in an Escrol is "Fortitudo et Fidelitas". | The Motto in an Escrol is "Fortitudo et Fidelitas". | ||
===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The arms were granted in 1673. | The arms were granted in 1673. | ||
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|align="center"|[[File:dumbarton.jj.jpg|350 px|center|Arms of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms as used on a [[Jaja|JaJa postcard]] +/- 1905 | |align="center"|[[File:dumbarton.jj.jpg|350 px|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms as used on a [[Jaja|JaJa postcard]] +/- 1905 | ||
|align="center"|[[File:dumbarton.haguk.jpg|center]] <br/>The arms in the [[Coffee Hag albums]] +/- | |align="center"|[[File:dumbarton.haguk.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms in the [[Coffee Hag albums]] +/- 1935 | ||
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{{media}} | {{media}} | ||
[[Literature]] : Urquhart, 1974, 1979; burgh arms from BDV cigarette silk card | [[Civic Heraldry Literature - United Kingdom|'''Literature''']]: | ||
Urquhart, 1974, 1979; burgh arms from BDV cigarette silk card | |||
[[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities D]] | [[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities D]] | ||