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Finstown
Finstown — village in the Orkney Islands, Scotland, UK.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 3 h–6 h
- Free entry
- Family-friendly
- Dog-friendly
About
Finstown is a town, city, village or settlement in the United Kingdom. Recent population estimates put it at around 530 people. Address: KW17. Wikidata describes it as: "village in the Orkney Islands, Scotland, UK". Coordinates: 59.0070°, -3.1160°.
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Finstown (locally ) is a village in the parish of Firth on Mainland, Orkney, Scotland. It is the fourth-largest settlement in the Orkney Islands. According to travel author Eric Linklater, the homes in Finstown are tidy and well cared for. This settlement is situated along the Bay of Firth, whose fringe is a shallow intertidal mudflat. The village is situated at the junction of the A965 and the A966. In 2011 it has a population of 440.
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Background
History
Prehistoric finds have been made in the form of ancient cists, somewhat west of the primary school. Further east towards Kirkwall is the Rennibister Earth House, estimated to be 3000 years old. ]] Formerly called "Toon o' Firth", the origin of the Finstown name is thought to come from an Irishman named David Phin who came to the area in 1811. A soldier with the 9th Royal Veteran Battalion, he married a Kirkwall woman in 1813. In 1820, he opened an ale-house which was called the Toddy Hole by arrangement with John Miller of Millquoy. Four years later they quarrelled and Phin left for Aberdeen, but his name remained. The ale-house building is now the site of the Pomona Inn hostelry, after an…
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- Coordinates
- 59.0070, -3.1160
- District
- Orkney Islands
- Postcode
- KW17
- Parliamentary constituency
- Orkney and Shetland
- Population
- 530
Sources
- wikidata: Q1418411 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Finstown (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: View of Finstown from HY3615 - geograph.org.uk - 235398.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Finstown?
- Finstown is in the Scottish Islands, United Kingdom (postcode KW17).
- Is Finstown free to visit?
- Yes, Finstown is free to enter.
- How do I get to Finstown?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode KW17. It sits within the Orkney and Shetland parliamentary constituency.