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Bennane Head

Coordinates: 55°8′16″N 4°59′47″W / 55.13778°N 4.99639°W / 55.13778; -4.99639
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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
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 located in Scotland
Bennane Head
Bennane Head
Coordinates: 55°8′16″N 4°59′47″W / 55.13778°N 4.99639°W / 55.13778; -4.99639
Grid positionNX 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]

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  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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