Lossiemouth and Branderburgh
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Origin/meaning
The burgh never recorded arms, but used a seal as shown below.
The seal illustrates the legend of the town's patron saint, St. Gerardine, who is said to have walked along the shore at nights bearing a lantern to warn ships off the dangerous rocks; today the promontory by the harbour is still called Halliman (Holy Man) Point and the rocks to the West, Halliman Skerries. The seal bears the motto "Per noctem lux".
The image of the seal was sometimes used as arms, but these were never recorded.
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The arms as used on a JaJa postcard +/- 1905
Literature: Porteous, 1906
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