Welcome to Ellon...
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Welcome to Ellon...
Image: © Bill Harrison Taken: 1 Mar 2020
...as seen by those arriving on the A920 from Oldmeldrum. The burgh arms: per fesse azure and pean three garbs or (granted 1935) pay tribute to the ancient arms of the Earl of Buchan and feature the very unusual tincture (colour) of 'pean', a heraldic fur consisting of "ermine spots of gold on a black field". The motto of "Judge notch quhill ye end" (don't count your chickens before they're hatched) comes from the Buchan and Kennedy family mottoes. Information on the arms came from the invaluable 'Scottish Burgh & County Heraldry' by R M Urquhart.
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Image Location
Latitude
57.359913
Longitude
-2.083093
