During Wallace's rise in 1297, Scottish nobles who sided with England faced harassment from patriot forces. Clunie Castle in Perthshire controlled an important Highland approach route. Skirmishes around such positions were part of the establishment of Wallace's authority as Guardian — he could not allow English-aligned nobles to operate freely behind his lines as he prepared for Stirling Bridge.
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