Feolin

Human settlement in Scotland
Feolin is located in Argyll and Bute
Feolin
Feolin
Location within Argyll and Bute
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55°51′N 6°05′W / 55.85°N 6.09°W / 55.85; -6.09

Feolin (also known as Feolin Ferry) is a slipway on the west coast of Jura. MV Eilean Dhiura provides a vehicle and passenger ferry service from Port Askaig on Islay across the Sound of Islay, the only regular access to the island. The road on both islands has the designation A846.

History

The name "Feolin" means "Field or stony place by the shore".[1]

References

  1. ^ "Placenames F-J" (PDF). Scottish Parliament. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 May 2017. Retrieved 21 July 2020.

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