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'''Country''' : | |||
* United Kingdom [[File:unitedkingdom-flag.gif|60 px|right]] | |||
** England<br><br> | |||
'''Incorporated into''':<br> | |||
* 1975 [[Moray]] Area council | |||
** 1996 [[Moray]] District council | |||
'''Status''':<br> | |||
* (< 1975) Borough | |||
* since ? Community council | |||
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{{#display_map:57.7224,-3.2816|width=250|height=250|zoom=7}} | |||
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===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The burgh never recorded arms, but used a seal as shown below. | The burgh never recorded arms, but used a seal as shown below. | ||
The seal illustrates the legend of the town's patron saint, St. Gerardine, who is said to have walked along the shore at nights bearing a lantern to warn ships off the dangerous rocks; today the promontory by the harbour is still called Halliman (Holy Man) Point and the rocks to the West, Halliman Skerries. The seal bears the motto "Per noctem lux". | The seal illustrates the legend of the town's patron saint, St. Gerardine, who is said to have walked along the shore at nights bearing a lantern to warn ships off the dangerous rocks; today the promontory by the harbour is still called Halliman (Holy Man) Point and the rocks to the West, Halliman Skerries. The seal bears the motto "Per noctem lux". | ||
The image of the seal was sometimes used as arms, but these were never recorded. | |||
| | ===Image gallery=== | ||
<gallery widths=250px heights=200px perrow=0> | |||
File:Lossiemouthseal.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Lossiemouth and Branderburgh|Seal of the burgh as used in the 1890s | |||
File:Lossiemouth.jj.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Lossiemouth and Branderburgh|The arms as used on a [[Jaja|JaJa postcard]] +/- 1905 | |||
</gallery> | |||
[[Civic Heraldry Literature - United Kingdom|'''Literature''']]: Porteous, 1906 | |||
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[[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities L]] | [[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities L]] | ||
[[Category:Scotland]] | [[Category:Scotland]] | ||