Coupar Angus
Coupar Angus (; Gaelic: "Cùbar Aonghais") is a town in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, south of Blairgowrie. The name Coupar Angus serves to differentiate the town from Cupar, Fife. The town was traditionally on the border between Angus and Perthshire, the town centre being in Perthshire. The Angus part was transferred to Perthshire in 1891, but the town retained its name. It is located on the A94 Perth-Forfar road, although the town centre itself is now bypassed. Coupar Angus railway station previously served the town. History. Sites. Clock Tower - The Steeple. The six-storey Tolbooth was built in  1762, funded by public subscription. Coupar Angus Abbey. In the Middle Ages the Cistercian Coupar Angus Abbey was one of Scotland's most important monasteries, founded by Malcolm IV (1153–65) in the 1160s. Of the abbey, only architectural fragments, preserved in the 19th-century parish church (which is probably on the site of the monastic church), or built into houses and walls throughout the town, survive, along with part of one of its gatehouses. World War II. Polish Forces. Several Polish units were stationed in and around Coupar Angus from 1939 to 1945.