This plaque is on the wall of a bungalow at the corner of Needless Road and Wilson Street. The Battle, also known as the Battle of Tippermuir, which is the old spelling Tibbermore, was fought on the 1st September 1644.
The events were originally commemorated by a painted stone in the area of Fairies Road. This stone was moved from its original position in Fairies Road, closer to Pitheavlis Castle and later when the stone deteriorated beyond recovery, a decision was made to find a convenient site for what the Chairman describes as “some sort of memorial.” As a result, the plaque we see today was installed on a convenient newly built bungalow in 1921.
The battle was the first to be fought between the Scottish Covenanters led by Lord Elcho and the government forces of Charles I, commanded by the Marquis of Montrose. The royal army, despite having fewer men and poorer equipment managed to defeat the Covenanters. Much of the details of the battle are unclear, but the City of Perth was under threat.
Although there were a number of Perth citizens killed in the battle, the plaque principally remembers Covenanters from Fife.
The Scottish Covenanters were established to oppose attempts by Charles I to introduce a new more Anglicised form of worship into the Scottish Church.
According to the Chairman of the Marquis of Montrose Society this plaque is in entirely the wrong place. The location of the plaque bears no connection to the site where events it purports to explain took place.
