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Additions : 1996 [[Annandale and Eksdale]] (1975 [[Annan]], [[Langholm]], [[Lochmaben]], [[Lockerbie]], [[Moffat]]; Districts of Annan, Gretna, Langholm, Lockerbie, Moffat), [[Nithsdale]] (1975 [[Dumfries]], [[Sanquhar]], Districts of Dumfries, Eastern Kirkcudbright, Thornhill, Upper Nithsdale), [[Stewartry]] (1975 [[Castle Douglas]], [[Dalbeattie]], [[Gatehouse-of-Fleet]], [[Kirkcudbright]], [[New Galloway]]; Districts of Castle Douglas, Dalbeattie, Glenkens, Kirkcudbright), [[Wigtown]] (1975 Wigtown Burgh) | Additions : 1996 [[Annandale and Eksdale]] (1975 [[Annan]], [[Langholm]], [[Lochmaben]], [[Lockerbie]], [[Moffat]]; Districts of Annan, Gretna, Langholm, Lockerbie, Moffat), [[Nithsdale]] (1975 [[Dumfries]], [[Sanquhar]], Districts of Dumfries, Eastern Kirkcudbright, Thornhill, Upper Nithsdale), [[Stewartry]] (1975 [[Castle Douglas]], [[Dalbeattie]], [[Gatehouse-of-Fleet]], [[Kirkcudbright]], [[New Galloway]]; Districts of Castle Douglas, Dalbeattie, Glenkens, Kirkcudbright), [[Wigtown]] (1975 Wigtown Burgh) | ||
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====Official blazon==== | ====Official blazon==== | ||
Azure, a saltire Argent, surmounted at the fess point by an inescutcheon Gules, fimbriated Or, and charged with a lion rampant Argent crowned Or, a bordure counter-compony of the First and Second. | Azure, a saltire Argent, surmounted at the fess point by an inescutcheon Gules, fimbriated Or, and charged with a lion rampant Argent crowned Or, a bordure counter-compony of the First and Second. | ||
Above the Shield is placed a Coronet appropriate to a statutory Area Council, videlicet:- issuant from a circlet eight paling piles (three and two halves visible) Or and eight garbs (four visible) of the Last, banded Sable; on a Compartment below the Shield are set for Supporters, dexter, a stag Proper and sinister, a unicorn Argent, armed, maned and unguled Or and gorged with a collar Gules, from which is pendant an oval badge Azure, fimbriated Or, charged with a saltire Argent, and in an Escrol below the same this Motto "Quinque Uniter". | Above the Shield is placed a Coronet appropriate to a statutory Area Council, videlicet:- issuant from a circlet eight paling piles (three and two halves visible) Or and eight garbs (four visible) of the Last, banded Sable; on a Compartment below the Shield are set for Supporters, dexter, a stag Proper and sinister, a unicorn Argent, armed, maned and unguled Or and gorged with a collar Gules, from which is pendant an oval badge Azure, fimbriated Or, charged with a saltire Argent, and in an Escrol below the same this Motto "Quinque Uniter". | ||
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The arms were granted on May 28, 1996 | The arms were granted on May 28, 1996 | ||
The arms are those of the former Regional Council, | The arms are those of the former Regional Council, see below, with the addition of a motto. | ||
The motto - "Five in Unity", recalls the former Regional and District Councils. | The motto - "Five in Unity", recalls the former Regional and District Councils. | ||