Bennane Head

Towards Bennane Head Looking NNE from the edge of Downan Hill, towards Bennane Head and Ballantrae. 2007. Photo: Mary and Angus Hogg

Bennane Head is a tapering piece of land projecting into the Firth of Clyde, Scotland. Its headland extends into the Firth of Clyde at the northern end of Ballantrae Bay, 17 kilometres (11 mi) southwest of Girvan. A 200-metre-deep (660 ft) cave near Bennane Head is said to be the place, where the cannibal Sawney Bean and his family lived in the 15th century.[1]

References

  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.

Coordinates: 55°8′16″N 4°59′47″W / 55.13778°N 4.99639°W / 55.13778; -4.99639

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