The tale is one paragraph from Mackenzie (1914), quoted in a folklorist's survey. A visit to fairyland that seems to last a night but proves to last a year and a day is a recurring motif in Scottish and Irish tradition. No date, names or exact place are given beyond the settlement.
Folklore & legend
The Fairy Hole at Bennan
Bennan, Isle of Arran
Tradition recorded 1914
- Evidence
- Long-standing local tradition
- Access
- Access unrecorded
- Location
- 55.441, -5.190 (Parish-level only, treat as an area)
Sources: The Faery Folklorist, "Fairy Folklore of the Isle of Arran" (citing MacArthur 1861 and Mackenzie 1914) [other]
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