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Ordnance Survey - Argyll county, OS Name Books - Argyll county - Volume 52 - Parishes found on OS 6-inch map sheets LXXIV, LXXXVIII and C, OS1/2/52

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Sheet 100 -- Argyllshire

[Pass of Cruachan] (i.e. Brander) Is this name not known? Pass of Cruachan. Is it another name for Pass of Brander?
Yes. Its situation being at the foot of Ben Cruachan and called Pass of Brander.R.H.
[Pass] The name of this Pass?

(In 1308 Bruce returned again to Argyllshire, with the view of chastising the Lord
of Lorn the McDougalls lay in ambush to surprise him at the pass of Cruachan (i.e. Brander), but
Bruce used the precaution of ordering Douglas to make a circuit towards the
summit of the mountain, his own troops having Loch Awe on their left & Ben Cruachan
on their right. On entering the Pass Bruce was attacked by the men in ambush,
which when Douglas observed. he rushed down on the assailants sword in hand. The
event was not doubtful, Lorns troops headed by his Son, were totally routed. Bruce
then made himself master of the whole Country, took possession of Dunstaffnage
Castle, the chief residence of the Lord of Lorn and made a grant of it and a [continued on page 58]

Ordnance Survey - Argyll county, OS Name Books - Argyll county - Volume 52 - Parishes found on OS 6-inch map sheets LXXIV, LXXXVIII and C, OS1/2/52

This volume contains information on place names found in the parishes of Ardchattan, Muckairn, Glenorchy and Inishail and Kilchrenan and Dalavich.

Ordnance Survey - Argyll county

Ordnance Survey was established in the 18th century to create maps, surveys and associated records for the entirety of Great Britain. These records are arranged by county. This entry has been created to enable searching for Ordnance Survey records for the county of Argyll, which is in the west of Scotland. The boundaries of the county were altered by the Boundary Commissioners in 1891.

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