Kyle and Carrick

	KYLE AND CARRICK Country: United Kingdom Scotland Additions: 1975 Ayr Burgh 1975 Ayr (partly) District 1975 Dalmellington (partly) District 1975 Girvan Burgh 1975 Girvan District 1975 Maybole Burgh 1975 Maybole District 1975 Prestwick Burgh 1975 Troon Burgh Incorporated into: 19696 South Ayrshire Status: District council Loading map... {"minzoom":false,"maxzoom":false,"mappingservice":"leaflet","width":"250px","height":"250px","centre":false,"title":"","label":"","icon":"","lines":[],"polygons":[],"circles":[],"rectangles":[],"copycoords":false,"static":false,"zoom":7,"defzoom":14,"layers":["OpenStreetMap"],"image layers":[],"overlays":[],"resizable":false,"fullscreen":false,"scrollwheelzoom":true,"cluster":false,"clustermaxzoom":20,"clusterzoomonclick":true,"clustermaxradius":80,"clusterspiderfy":true,"geojson":"","clicktarget":"","imageLayers":[],"locations":[{"text":"","title":"","link":"","lat":55.29690000000000082991391536779701709747314453125,"lon":-4.66809999999999991615595718030817806720733642578125,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Official blazon
English	Per pale Or and Argent: dexter, issuant from a fess chequy Azure and Argent a demi-lion rampant Gules; sinister, a chevron of the Last. 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 "Forward as One".

Origin/meaning

The arms were granted on November 28, 1975.

The arms combine elements for Kyle and Carrick. The lion and the bar are taken from the arms of John Sterwart, Lord of Kyle (later King Robert III), the chevron is the historical arms of the Earldom of Carrick. The motto indicates the unification.

Literature: Urquhart, 1979

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