Feolin, Port Askaig

Name: Feolin
Address: Port Askaig, United Kingdom

#2 among attractions in Port Askaig

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Feolin 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. ()

Coordinates: 55°50'60"N, 6°5'24"W

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Port Askaig United Kingdom

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Feolin – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Finlaggan, Beinn an Òir, Beinn Shiantaidh, Beinn a' Chaolais.

3.4 miW
Historical place, Forts and castles
Finlaggan, Port Askaig
86 min walk • Finlaggan is a historic site on Eilean Mòr in Loch Finlaggan. The Loch, the island, and Finlaggan Castle lie on Islay, around two kilometres to the northwest of Ballygrant.
4.9 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Beinn an Òir, Isle of Jura
126 min walk • Beinn an Òir is the highest peak of the Paps of Jura on the island of Jura, Scotland. It is the highest peak on the island, standing at 785 metres, and is thereby a Corbett. Beinn an Òir is frequently climbed along with the other two peaks forming the Paps: Beinn Shiantaidh and Beinn a' Chaolais.
5.6 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Beinn Shiantaidh, Isle of Jura
143 min walk • Beinn Shiantaidh is the second highest peak of the Paps of Jura on the island of Jura, Scotland. It stands at 757 metres above sea level, and with over 300 metres of relative height is therefore a Graham.
3.8 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Beinn a' Chaolais, Isle of Jura
98 min walk • Beinn a' Chaolais is the lowest peak of the Paps of Jura on the island of Jura, Scotland. It stands at 733 metres above sea level, and with over 300 metres of relative height is therefore a Graham.
4.6 miSE
Forts and castles
Claig Castle
117 min walk • Claig Castle was a stronghold of the Clan Donald or MacDonald in the south of Scotland.
3.8 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Paps of Jura, Isle of Jura
96 min walk • The Paps of Jura are three mountains on the western side of the island of Jura, in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. Their highest point is 2,575 feet. They are steep-sided quartzite hills with distinctive conical shapes resembling breasts. The word pap is an ancient word of Old Norse origin for the breast.
0.8 miW
Distillery, Whiskey distillery
Caol Ila Distillery, Port Askaig
21 min walk • Caol Ila Distillery is a Scotch whisky distillery near Port Askaig on the isle of Islay, Scotland, owned by Diageo.
2.7 miNW
Distillery, Whiskey distillery
Bunnahabhain Distillery, Port Askaig
69 min walk • The Bunnahabhain Distillery was founded in 1881 near Port Askaig on Islay. The village of Bunnahabhain was founded to house its workers.
4.3 miSW
Forts and castles
Dun Guaidhre, Islay
111 min walk • Dun Guaidhre, also known as Dùn Ghùaidhre, is an Iron Age fort southwest of Kilmeny, Islay, Scotland. It is protected as a scheduled monument. Local tradition associates the fort with Godred Crovan.