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'''ROSS AND CROMARTY ''' | '''ROSS AND CROMARTY ''' | ||
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Incorporated into : 1975 [[Highland]] Regional Council | Incorporated into : 1975 [[Highland]] Regional Council | ||
[[File:rosscromc.jpg|center]] | [[File:rosscromc.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
===Official blazon=== | |||
Per fess and in base per pale: 1st, Gules, three lions rampant Argent; 2nd, Azure, a stag's head cabossed Or; 3rd, Or, a beacon Azure, masoned Argent and enflamed Gules. | Per fess and in base per pale: 1st, Gules, three lions rampant Argent; 2nd, Azure, a stag's head cabossed Or; 3rd, Or, a beacon Azure, masoned Argent and enflamed Gules. | ||
Below the Shield which is ensigned with the coronet appropriate to a County Council, is placed in an Escrol this Motto "Dread God and Do Well". | Below the Shield which is ensigned with the coronet appropriate to a County Council, is placed in an Escrol this Motto "Dread God and Do Well". | ||
===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The arms were granted on June 19, 1957. | The arms were granted on June 19, 1957. | ||
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Incorporated into : 1996 [[Highland]] Area Council | Incorporated into : 1996 [[Highland]] Area Council | ||
[[File:rosscromd.jpg|center]] | [[File:rosscromd.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
===Official blazon=== | |||
Per fess Gules and Azure: in chief three lions rampant Argent, in base an endorse of the Last between dexter, a stag's head cabossed, and sinister, a sun in its splendour between five mullets Or. | Per fess Gules and Azure: in chief three lions rampant Argent, in base an endorse of the Last between dexter, a stag's head cabossed, and sinister, a sun in its splendour between five mullets Or. | ||
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 Shield this Motto "Dread God and Do Well". | 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 Shield this Motto "Dread God and Do Well". | ||
===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The arms were granted on November 27, 1975. | The arms were granted on November 27, 1975. | ||
The arms are based on the old county arms, the red lions and the stag's head remained, the flaming beacon has been replaced by the sun and mullets. The small pale is another addition, the motto is the same. The sun and the mullets are taken from the old arms of Dingwall, the seat of the council. | The arms are based on the old county arms, the red lions and the stag's head remained, the flaming beacon has been replaced by the sun and mullets. The small pale is another addition, the motto is the same. The sun and the mullets are taken from the old arms of Dingwall, the seat of the council. | ||
[[Literature]] : Urquhart, 1974, 1979, 2001 | {{media}} | ||
[[Civic Heraldry Literature - United Kingdom|'''Literature''']]: | |||
Urquhart, 1974, 1979, 2001 | |||
[[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities R]] | [[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities R]] | ||