Bennane Head

Bennane Head is a tapering piece of land formed of hard rock projecting into the Firth of Clyde, 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] The cave is named on many maps, but the locality is more reliably known for another much smaller cave, walled off and formerly inhabited during the late 20th century by an eccentric local man, Henry Torbet, nicknamed 'Snib' and described on a nearby memorial cairn as 'Respected and independent'.

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

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

Video footage of Bennane Cave

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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.