Abernethy

Heraldry of the World Civic heraldry of the United Kingdom

ABERNETHY (Community Council)

Incorporated into : 1975: Perth and Kinross

Origin/meaning

The arms were granted on January 17, 1991.

The former Burgh of Abernethy never had official arms, the above arms were newly designed. The upper half shows a fish and a raspberry, the lower half the local Pictish tower, which was already used on the seal of the Burgh designed in 1892.

The tower has been attributed as built by the Picts, it is a hollow tower with no roof. Most likely it was built in medieval times, not by the Picts, but the history is not clear.

The old seal

The local tower

I have no information on the meaning of the other elements.

Literature : Portuous, 1906, new image taken from http://heraldry-scotland.com. Image of the tower from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Abernethy_Tower.jpg