Benveedan or Beinn Fhada, a mountain on the mutual border of Ardchattan and Lismore parishes, Argyllshire, separated from Buachaille-Etive by the mountain pass which leads from Glen Etive to Glencoe. A stupendous mass, it attains, in its highest point, Bidean nam Bian, an altitude of 3766 feet above sea-level, or 155 feet higher than Ben Cruachan.

(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)