Coat of arms of Aberdeenshire County. The arms were granted in 1890. The four quarters show the four main parts of the County. Quarterly of 4:
1: Buchan (feudal Earls of Buchan): Azure, three garbs or
2: Mar Azure, a bend between six cross crosslets fitchy or
3: Garioch (Lord Garioch, Scotland): Or, a fess chequy azure and argent between three open crowns gules (Burke, Sir Bernard, The General Armory, London, 1884, p.388)
4: Gordon Azure, three boar's heads couped or
Own work
Jack Ryan Morris