Arms of Moir of Scotstoun...
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Arms of Moir of Scotstoun...
Image: © Bill Harrison Taken: 26 Feb 2015
...above the old gateway to St Peter's Cemetery off Spital. The blazon is: Argent three Negroes' heads couped proper banded of the first. Crest: a morthead (skull) with two leg-bones in saltire proper. Motto: non sibi sed cunctis (not for self but for all), according to Burke's General Armory (p. 692, 1884 edition). The rendition of the arms, which are a relic of their ancestor's crusader roots from the Battle of Teba (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Teba ) in 1330, in bronze is highly unusual and distinctive. For the remains of the family mausoleum in the graveyard, see: http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4263195 . Thanks to Shawn Moir for information on the arms.
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Image Location
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57.160033
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-2.100002