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Inveraray

Inveraray
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Inveraray
Scotland
Scotland
Inveraray
Inveraray shown within Argyll and Bute
Population 603 (2010, estimated)
OS grid reference NN 09600 08500
• Edinburgh 75 mi (121 km)
• London 383 mi (616 km)
Council area
  • Argyll and Bute
Lieutenancy area
  • Argyll and Bute
Country Scotland
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town INVERARAY
Postcode district PA32
Dialling code 01499
EU Parliament Scotland
UK Parliament
  • Argyll and Bute
Scottish Parliament
  • Argyll and Bute
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56°13′51″N 5°04′24″W / 56.230808°N 5.0732468°W / 56.230808; -5.0732468Coordinates: 56°13′51″N 5°04′24″W / 56.230808°N 5.0732468°W / 56.230808; -5.0732468

Inveraray; (/ˌɪnvəˈrɛəri/ or /ˌɪnvəˈrɛərə/; Scottish Gaelic: Inbhir Aora; pronounced [ˈinvɪɾʲ ˈɯːɾə] "mouth of the Aray") is a town in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It is on the western shore of Loch Fyne, near its head, and on the A83 road. It is a former royal burgh, the traditional county town of Argyll, and ancestral home to the Duke of Argyll.

The town's coat of arms depicts a net cast out over the ocean, entangled in which are five herrings and the Latin motto "SEMPER TIBI PENDEAT HALEC" (possible English translation: "may a herring always hang to thee").

Arthur Charles Fox-Davies, in his 1909 book A Complete Guide to Heraldry, notes the following:


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