Feolin

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.

Feolin
  • Scottish Gaelic: Faolainn

Feolin Ferry, the view from Port Askaig
Feolin
Location within Argyll and Bute
OS grid referenceNR440692
Council area
Lieutenancy area
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townISLE OF JURA
Postcode districtPA60
Dialling code01496
PoliceScotland
FireScottish
AmbulanceScottish
UK Parliament
Scottish Parliament

History

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

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References
  1. "Placenames F-J" (PDF). Scottish Parliament. Retrieved 21 July 2020.


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