In the summer of 1308, possibly late August, his army took up position in the narrow Pass of Brander, where the River Awe slices through the southern slope of Ben Cruachan on its way down from Loch Awe.
In the late summer of 1308, possibly in August, his army occupied a strategic location in the narrow Brander Pass, where the River Awe flows down from Loch Awe on the southern slope of Ben Cruachan.