Feolin
(Redirected from Feolin Ferry)
Feolin
| |
---|---|
![]() Feolin Ferry, the view from Port Askaig | |
Location within Argyll and Bute | |
OS grid reference | NR440692 |
Council area | |
Lieutenancy area | |
Country | Scotland |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | ISLE OF JURA |
Postcode district | PA60 |
Dialling code | 01496 |
Police | Scotland |
Fire | Scottish |
Ambulance | Scottish |
UK Parliament | |
Scottish Parliament | |
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
- ^ "Placenames F-J" (PDF). Scottish Parliament. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 May 2017. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
External links
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/30px-Commons-logo.svg.png)
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Feolin Ferry.
Categories:
- Pages using gadget WikiMiniAtlas
- Use dmy dates from October 2019
- Articles with short description
- Short description is different from Wikidata
- Articles containing Scottish Gaelic-language text
- Articles with OS grid coordinates
- Coordinates on Wikidata
- Commons category link is on Wikidata
- Jura, Scotland
- Villages on Jura, Scotland
- All stub articles
- Argyll and Bute geography stubs