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Photo of arms at Poldean
pasted in opposite p. [page] 45.

are WIL and EIH, the date 1660. The arms are
those of Lord Hartfell by whom the bell is said
to have been presented and are blazoned there:
a saltire, on a chief three cushions, for
Johnstone - all beneath an Earl's coronet.

Moffat Churchyard
Built into the remaining fragment of the
South wall of the church which stands
in the old churchyard beneath a raking
cornice are two shields bearing arms
- Dextes - beneath the initials AI. - a saltire
3 cushions in chief, in base a heart.
Sinister beneath the initials N.D. 3 piles
in chief three mullets, in base a heart.
Beneath the date 1665.

Wamphray Arms Poldean
Built into the front of the farm house of
Poldean in Wamphray parish beneath a
bow window on the South side of the
doorway is a panel measuring 1.9" by 1.5"
on which are carved identical arms and
initials. The stone is said to have come from
a former house of Poldean.

Moffat Churchyard
Built into the inner face of the South wall
is a small heraldic monument beneath
[Margin] Omit
a raking cornice and entablature on which
is a shield bearing Johnstone Arms differenced
with a mullet above & below the saltire and what

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