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| Proportion | 3:5 |
|---|---|
| Adopted | 2 January 2015 |
| Design | Azure, three goats rampant Argent, armed and unguled Or; from the dexter base the sun in his splendour issuant Or |
| Designed by | Traditional |
The Merionethshire flag (Welsh : Baner Sir Feirionnydd) is the flag of the historic Welsh county of Merioneth. It was registered with the Flag Institute as the official flag of the county on 2 January 2015.
The design is adapted from the seal used by the former county council. This in turn derived from the anachronistic [1] description of a banner borne by the men of Merioneth at the Battle of Agincourt, in the 17th-century poem of the same name by Michael Drayton. [note 1] Here he wrote of “three goats dancing "gainst a rising sun"; the shield was blue, the sun golden and the goats white. Speculation regarding this unusual arrangement suggests a connection with Cader Idris, where goats browsed and behind which the sun rose. The flag therefore both maintains a theme associated with Merioneth for six centuries and is also a highly distinctive design – no other flag features a sun in this position and the arrangement is uniquely Merioneth.
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