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''' | |[[File:Burghead.jpg|350 px|center|alt=Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
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Incorporated into : 1975 [[Moray]] District Council | <center>''' {{uc:{{PAGENAME}}}} '''</center><br> | ||
'''Country''' : | |||
* United Kingdom [[File:unitedkingdom-flag.gif|60 px|right]] | |||
** Scotland<br><br> | |||
'''Incorporated into''':<br> | |||
* 1975 [[Moray]] District Council | |||
** 1996 [[Moray]] Area Council | |||
'''Status''':<br> | |||
* (< 1975) Burgh | |||
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{{#display_map:57.7011,-3.4897|width=250|height=250|zoom=7}} | |||
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|'''English''' | |||
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Per fess Argent and Gules, a bar wreathed Or and Azure, between a beacon Sable in flames of the Second upon a hill Vert issuant from the bar, all in chief, and in base a bull passant contournee of the Third.<br> | |||
The Shield ensigned of a coronet proper to a Burgh. | The Shield ensigned of a coronet proper to a Burgh. | ||
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===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
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The red and gold colours in the base could also allude to the Sutherland family whose stronghold, Duffus Castle, is in the immediate vicinity and was once the home of Freskinus de Moravia, one of the famed warriors of King David I. | The red and gold colours in the base could also allude to the Sutherland family whose stronghold, Duffus Castle, is in the immediate vicinity and was once the home of Freskinus de Moravia, one of the famed warriors of King David I. | ||
The arms are now used by the [[Burghead and Cummingston]] Community Council. | |||
===Image gallery=== | |||
<gallery widths=250px heights=200px perrow=0> | |||
File:Burgheadseal.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Burghead|Seal of the burgh as used in the 1890s | |||
</gallery> | |||
'''[[Literature]]''': Porteous, 1906; Urquhart, 1974 | '''[[Literature]]''': Porteous, 1906; Urquhart, 1974 | ||
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[[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities B]] | [[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities B]] | ||
[[Category:Scotland]] | [[Category:Scotland]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1957]] | [[Category:Granted 1957]] |
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