Bennane Head

Bennane Head
Bennane Head
Headland
	Towards Bennane Head Looking NNE from the edge of Downan Hill, towards Bennane Head and Ballantrae. 2007. Photo: Mary and Angus Hogg
	Bennane Head
	Coordinates: 55°8′16″N 4°59′47″W / 55.13778°N 4.99639°W
Grid position	NX 09105 86702

Bennane Head is a tapering piece of land formed of hard rock, projecting into the Firth of Clyde, in South Ayrshire, west of Scotland. At the northern end of Ballantrae Bay, 17 kilometres (11 mi) southwest of Girvan. A 200-metre-deep (660 ft) cave in the cliff under the headland is said to be the place where the cannibal Sawney Bean and his family lived in the 16th century.^[1]

Gallery

Bennane Head from Ballantrae, South Ayrshire

References

^ Keith Fergus (4 December 2012). The Ayrshire and Arran Coastal Paths. Cicerone Press Limited. p. 37. ISBN 978-1-84965-829-4. Retrieved 29 December 2012.

External links

Map sources for Bennane Head

Video footage of Bennane Cave on YouTube

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[Keith2012-1] Keith Fergus (4 December 2012). The Ayrshire and Arran Coastal Paths. Cicerone Press Limited. p. 37. ISBN 978-1-84965-829-4. Retrieved 29 December 2012.

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