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The new flag of Caithness was revealed today at a ceremony today in Wick.
Jason Saber, 26 January 2016
The Nordic cross symbolises the ancient ties of the county to the Vikings. The black recalls the county's geology with the famous Caithness flagstone, whilst the gold and blue refer to the beaches and sea to reinforce the maritime nature of the county and its heritage. In the first quarter is charged a galley, which is the traditional emblem of Caithness, including a raven upon its sail as it appears in the county's civic arms.
Source:
http://www.highland.gov.uk/news/article/8712/public_vote_opens_to_select_a_flag_for_cait
Jason Saber,
20 June 2015
Plans are a foot to establish a flag for the Scottish county of Caithness:
http://www.johnogroat-journal.co.uk/News/Should-Caithness-have-its-own-flag-16052014.htm
Jason Saber, 18 May 2014
The Caithness flag competition has now reached voting stage. The competition
attracted 327 entries and is a joint venture between the Highland Council,
Caithness community councillors, the local newspaper The John O’Groats Journal
and the Flag Institute, sanctioned by the chief Scottish heraldic authority, the
Lord Lyon. The public may now vote on these four designs, each of which, the
John O'Groats journal reports, “… drew on elements from more than one entry.”
rather than being individual submissions.
You may vote for your
favourite at this site
http://www.highland.gov.uk/news/article/8712/public_vote_opens_to_select_a_flag_for_cait
The competition is set to run until the end of July 2015 with the winner
being announced later in the year at which time Caithness will become the first
mainland county in Scotland to acquire its own flag. Hopefully this will
initiate further county flag adoptions across the country.
Jason Saber,
20 June 2015
The new flag for Caithness will be unveiled on the 26th of January 2016. This
will be the third Scottish County to adopt a flag after Orkney and Shetland and
the first mainland county to do so.
John Moody, 12 December 2015