Tour Scotland Winter travel video of a road trip drive, with Scottish music, on visit to Tibbermore, Strathearn, Perthshire. Previously known as Tippermuir, it was the site of the Battle of Tippermuir between the Marquis of Montrose and an army of Covenanters. The Battle on 1st September 1644, was the first battle James Graham, 1st Marquis of Montrose fought for King Charles I in the Scottish theatre of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. During the battle, Montrose's Royalist forces routed an army of the Covenanter dominated Scottish government under John Wemyss, Lord Elcho. The government side took heavy losses. Perth was surrounded by Montrose's forces later that day, and surrendered almost immediately. Although the town did not suffer major damage, it was sacked for two days by the victorious Royalist troops, with cloth to the value of £1,300 stolen from local merchants. However, Montrose vacated Perth on 4 September, partly to seek more recruits in Angus and partly as a stronger government force under the Marquess of Argyll was approaching the town from the west.
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