This article is about the Scottish clan. For the Irish name Heron, see Heron (surname).
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Clan Heron
Motto
Par Valeur (By Bravery)
Profile
Region
Borders
District
Galloway, Berwick Northumberland
Pipe music
Here is the Glen
Clan Heron no longer has a chief, and is an armigerous clan
Historic seat
Heron, Kirkcudbrightshire
Allied clans
Clan Maxwell Clan Douglas
Rival clans
Clan Kerr Clan Tait
The Clan Heron was a lowland Scottish clan. One branch of the clan were border reivers who made a living by rustling cattle along the Anglo-Scottish border. Another branch were a landed family with their seat in Kirkcudbright.
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