Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Finstown

Finstown, seaport vil. with pier, Firth and Stennes par., Orkney, at head of Bay of Firth, 6½ miles NW. of Kirkwall; P.O., T.O.; has horse and cattle fairs, and some shipping trade.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "seaport village with pier"   (ADL Feature Type: "harbors")
Administrative units: Orkney ScoCnty
Place: Finstown

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