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Connel Ferry, a ferry, 1½ furlong wide, across the entrance of Loch Etive, in Argyllshire, on the line of road from Oban to Ballachulish. It is traversed by a tiny steamer, and has an inn on either shore, whilst on the southern is Connel Ferry station upon the Callander and Oban railway, 6 miles NE of Oban, under which there is a post office of Connel. The loch's channel, suddenly contracting here, is barred two-thirds across by rocks left bare to the height of 5 feet at low water, over which the ebbing tide pours in tumultuous cataract. These so-called Falls of Connel have been identified with Ossian's Falls of Lora.
(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)
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| Feature Description: | "a ferry" (ADL Feature Type: "transportation features") |
| Administrative units: | Argyll ScoCnty |
| Place: | Connel |
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