Ben Varen, the western one of the three great mountain ridges of the N division of Arran island, Buteshire. It extends about 7 miles from N to S; has greater breadth but less height and less sublimity than the middle and eastern ridges, culminating at 2345 feet above sea-level;and, as seen from points on the W coast, shows an outline similar to that of a long house with rounded roof.
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