Tour Scotland 4K Winter travel video of snow by the parish church and graveyard on Outlander visit to Tibbermore, Perthshire. Tibbermore Church, situated four miles west of Perth, provided the perfect backdrop for an Outlander scene. In episode 11 of Outlander’s debut season, The Devil’s Mark saw Geillis Duncan and Claire Randall put on trial after being accused of witchcraft. Tibbermore Church was used for the witch trials. This Scottish church dates from 1632, though the site has been a place of worship from the Middle Ages onwards. It was remodelled and enlarged in 1789 to designs by James Scobie, made T-plan in 1808 and the interior refurnished in 1874. The present interior is little altered since that date. Some wooden pews have little doors with locks. Two galleries, east and west, are reached by stairs. Stained glass windows show Jesus baptised by John the Baptist and Queen Margaret.
Previously known as Tippermuir, Tibbermore 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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