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<center>''' {{uc:{{PAGENAME}}}} '''</center><br> | |||
'''Country''' : | |||
* United Kingdom [[File:unitedkingdom-flag.gif|60 px|right]] | |||
** Scotland<br><br> | |||
'''Incorporated into''':<br> | |||
* 1975 [[Argyll and Bute]] District | |||
** 1996 [[Argyll and Bute]] Area Council | |||
'''Status''':<br> | |||
* (< 1975) Burgh | |||
* present : Community Council | |||
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{{#display_map:56.4140,-5.4730|width=250|height=250|zoom=7}} | |||
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|'''English''' | |||
| Argent, in the waves of the sea Proper a lymphad Sable, oars in action, with a beacon on the top of the mast Proper, in base a salmon naiant Argent; on a chief parted per pale, dexter, Azure, a lion rampant Argent; sinister, gyronny of eight Or and Sable. And in Escrol below the Shield this Motto "Air Aghart". | |||
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Argent, in the waves of the sea Proper a lymphad Sable, oars in action, with a beacon on the top of the mast Proper, in base a salmon naiant Argent; on a chief parted per pale, dexter, Azure, a lion rampant Argent; sinister, gyronny of eight Or and Sable. | |||
And in Escrol below the Shield this Motto "Air Aghart". | |||
===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
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The Gaelic motto means "Forward". | The Gaelic motto means "Forward". | ||
The arms are now used by the Community Council | The arms are now used by the Community Council with a different crown (see below). | ||
===Image gallery=== | |||
<gallery widths=250px heights=200px perrow=0> | |||
File:Obanseal.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Oban|Seal of the burgh as used in the 1890s | |||
File:Obancc.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Oban|The arms of the Community Council | |||
File:Oban.jj.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Oban|The arms as used on a [[Jaja|JaJa postcard]] +/- 1905 | |||
File:Oban.haguk.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Oban|The arms in the [[Coffee Hag albums]] +/- 1935 | |||
| | </gallery> | ||
[[Civic Heraldry Literature - United Kingdom|'''Literature''']]: Urquhart, 1974 | |||
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{{media}} | {{media}} | ||
[[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities O]] | [[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities O]] | ||
[[Category:Scotland]] | [[Category:Scotland]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1901]] | [[Category:Granted 1901]] |
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