Biawn (Cave of the)

A cave in the face of a perpendicular rock which extends in for a considerable distance Situate to the South of the Isle of the Bawn. [Scotland's Places]

Alternative Names: Cave of the Bawn, Cave of the Biawn, The Beaun, Biawn Cave [1]

Notes: Name translated as Badhun [Bo Dun pronounced bawn] meaning cattle-pen. From Old Irish Bawn being the wall around a fortification or farmstead.

Links and Resources:

Wigtownshire, Sheet 36 (includes: Kirkmaiden), Survey date: 1848 Publication date: 1850.
6" OS 1909 Sheet 37 Wigtownshire SE 54° 38' 32"N, 4° 54' 8.2"W. OS Auto Lat/Long conversion to NGR. Wigtownshire XXXVII.11 (Kirkmaiden), Publication date: 1895 Revised: 1894.
archive.org/stream/studiesintopogra00maxwiala/studiesintopogra00maxwiala_djvu.txt.
GSG Bulletin, 4th Series, Vol. 2, No. 2 (October 2004), p. 33. Dick Grindley, Something for the Weekend, Sir? Coordinates only.
Pastmap, OS 10k background mapping.
OS maps; Greenspace.
Scotland's Places. scotlandsplaces.gov.uk/digital-volumes/ordnance-survey-name-books/wigtownshire-os-name-books-1845.... Scotland's. Places, John Brown, William Todd, Old Map of Scotland, James Shaw, John McCulloch.

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NGR:	NX 12617 31320
WGS84:	54.64209, -4.90535
Length:	Not recorded
Vert. Range:	Not recorded
Altitude:	Not recorded
Geology:	Carghidown Formation - Wacke
Tags:	Cave, SeaCave
Registry:	main

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