taken 9 years ago, near to Old Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland
Arms of Moir of Scotstoun...
...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 (Link ) in 1330, in bronze is highly unusual and distinctive. For the remains of the family mausoleum in the graveyard, see: Link . Thanks to Shawn Moir for information on the arms.