The Norwegians once made a sudden
descent from their ships on the lower end of Craignish. The inhabitants, taken
by surprise, fled in terror to the upper end of the district, and halted not
until they reached the Slugan (gorge) of Gleann-Domhuinn, or the Deep Glen.
There, however, they rallied under a brave young man, who threw himself at
their head, and slew, either with a spear or an arrow, the leader of the invaders.
This inspired the Craignish men with such courage that they soon drove back
their disheartened enemies across Barbreck river. The latter, in retreating,
carried off the body of their fallen leader, and buried it afterwards on a
place on Barbreck farm, which is still called Dłnan-Amhlaidh, or Olav's Mound.
The Craignish men also raised a stone at Slugan to mark the spot where Olav
fell.
Source: Lord Archibald Campbell,
Waifs and Strays of Celtic Tradition, Argyllshire
Series, vol. 1 (London: David Nutt, 1889), pp. 11-12.
Campbell's title for this piece is "The Battle between the Craignish People
and the Lochluinnich Norwegians at Slugan."