Feolin

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{{Infobox UK place

| country = Scotland

| static_image_name = Feolin Ferry, Isle of Jura.jpg

| static_image_caption = Feolin Ferry, the view from Port Askaig

| official_name = Feolin

| gaelic_name = Faolainn

| population =

| coordinates = {{coord|55.85|-6.09|display=inline,title}}

| os_grid_reference = NR440692

| unitary_scotland = Argyll and Bute

| lieutenancy_scotland = Argyll and Bute

| constituency_westminster = Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber

| constituency_scottish_parliament = Argyll and Bute

| post_town = ISLE OF JURA

| postcode_district = PA60

| postcode_area = PA

| dial_code = 01496

}}

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".{{cite web|url=http://www.parliament.scot/Gaelic/placenamesF-J.pdf|title=Placenames F-J|publisher=Scottish Parliament|accessdate=21 July 2020|archive-date=17 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170517125330/http://www.parliament.scot/Gaelic/placenamesF-j.pdf|url-status=dead}}

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