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Cromarty Crest

Cromarty Crest

Date Added: 17 November 2003 Contributor: Colin Dunn Year: 1999 Picture No: 567

The Crest of Cromarty with three boar's heads.

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7 Comments

This is the crest for the name Cromarty, there is a different crest for the place of Cromarty. Comment left on 06 October 2008 at 17:02 by Janet Cromarty
Surely this is the crest for the Burgh of Cromarty, which I thought was based on the Urquhart arms. David? Comment left on 07 October 2008 at 09:57 by Estelle Quick
You are correct Estelle. It is based on the Urquhart family crest. Comment left on 10 October 2008 at 10:06 by Neil Urquhart
Unfortunately this is not the crest for the burgh of Cromarty but as I said before it is the crest for the name Cromarty. The link below should take you to the crest for the burgh of Cromarty.
www.ngw.nl/int/gbr/scot/rosscromd.htm
Comment left on 10 October 2008 at 20:20 by Janet Cromarty
Janet, sorry to quibble but this is the crest for the Burgh of Cromarty. You can see it on the Heraldry Society of Scotland's website in their image gallery of community council arms and on the Cromarty Live community website. Presumably a crest for the personal name of Cromarty would be similar. Your link is to the crest of Ross & Cromarty, which is a large administrative area of the northern Highlands within which the small town of Cromarty is located. Comment left on 11 October 2008 at 01:17 by Estelle Quick
Thank you for explaining Estelle, I have looked into it a bit more & have found that the Cromarty name crest has the brickwork crown on the top to replace the fancy crown, so yes it is very similar, I apologise for my mistake & appreciate your explanation. Comment left on 11 October 2008 at 18:48 by Janet Cromarty
The coat of arms (strictly not a 'crest') illustrated is that of the Cromarty & District Community Council, granted 19 June 1988 (Lyon Register Volume 59, folio 85). These arms are basically those of the former Burgh of Cromarty (pre-1975) with the difference of a Community Council coronet (with pine cones and thistle leaves) in place of a mural coronet (as used for a burgh). Comment left on 07 November 2023 at 20:59 by James Floyd
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