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West Lothian
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West Lothian Council
Per fess argent and azure; a fess wavy, per fess wavy azure and argent, between, in chief, a shale bing of five peaks gules, and, in base, an oak tree fructed on a mount in base, all or; on a bordure argent in centre chief a pellet charged with a Maltese cross argent, in base a lozenge sable, in dexter chief a badger’s [brock’s] head contourny erased proper, in sinister chief a boar’s head erased sable, langued gules, in dexter fess a tower embattled and in sinister fess a clarion, both sable
coronet - area council
supporters - dexter, a lizard (West Lothiana) vert, langued and clawed gules, and, sinister, a bitch sable, langued and clawed gules, gorged of a collar to which is affixed a chain passing between the forelegs and reflexed over her back, or
motto - below the shield, Aye for the common weal
Public Register - 79/59; 30 July 1996
The coat of arms is new to Scottish civic heraldry, though it refers to the pre 2996 West Lothian District Council’s and so to the pre 1975 West Lothian County Council’s. The motto and supporters are new.
Note - the ‘lizard (West Lothiana)’ in the blazon is presumably meant to be the fossil reptile Westlothiana lizzae.
community councils with bearings - Bathgate
for more information see R M Urquhart: Scottish Civic Heraldry 2, 2001; Scottish Civic Heraldry, 1979; and Scottish Burgh & County Heraldry, 1973
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