Coupar Angus on the edge of the Sidlaw Hills was a gathering point for Angus Jacobites rallying to Mar's standard in September 1715. The Angus lowlands had significant Episcopal and Tory communities sympathetic to the Stuart cause. Local lairds mustered their tenants and rode north to Perth. The town sat on the route between the Angus coastal plain and Perth, making it a natural assembly and staging point. Minor confrontations occurred with Presbyterian townspeople as the Jacobites levied horses and supplies.
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