Montrose's Covenanting army secured the coastal route to Aberdeen during the First Bishops' War. Royalist sympathy in Aberdeenshire — largely under Gordon influence — required active suppression. Stonehaven's position near Dunnottar Castle made it strategically important; the castle itself remained in Royalist hands throughout this period.
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