Gazetteer of Scotland

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castles, and it gives the title of viscount
to the Earl of Dunmore.
FINDAYNATE, seat on the Tay, between
Logierait and Weem, Perthshire.
FINDHORN, river, rising on Monadhleadh
Mountains in Inverness-shire, running to
Moray Firth in Elginshire, traversing rich
variety of picturesque scenery, forming in
its lowest reach a lagoon 3 miles long, and
making a total run of 57 miles measured
in straight .line north - eastward, but of
about 85 miles along its bed. Its Gaelic
name is Erne, and its mountain vale is
called Strathdern.
FINDHORN, village on right side of
mouth of Findhorn river, 5 miles north-
by-east of Forres, Elginshire. It has a
post office under Forres, a Free church,
and a public school with about 114 scholars.
Pop. 605.
FINDLATER, ruined strong ancient
castle, on peninsulated sea-cliff 4 miles
west of Portsoy, Banffshire. It gave the
title of earl, from 1683 till 1811, to the
family of Ogilvie.
FINDLAY-SEAT, hill, 1116 feet high, 4|
miles south-east of Elgin.
FINDOCHTY, fishing-village, 3£ miles
west of Cullen, Banffshire. It has a well-
sheltered harbour, and a United Presby-
terian church. Pop. 936.
FINDOGASK. See Gask.
FINDON,*, estate on Cromarty Firth, 5
miles north-north-east of Dingwall, Boss-
shire.
FINDON, or FINNAN, fishing-village, 6
miles south-west of Aberdeen. It gave name
to the famous dried haddock. Pop. 156.
FINDRACK, seat in Lumphanan parish,
Aberdeenshire.
FINDRASSIE, estate in New Spynie
parish, Elginshire.
FINE. See Ftne.
FINGAL'S CAVE. See Staffa.
FINGAL'S FORT, ancient circular struc-
ture in Killean parish, Argyleshire.
FINGAL'S FORT, or KNOCKFIN, bold
high crag, crowned with double concentric
ancient structure, figuring conspicuously
in Strathglass, Inverness-shire.
FINGAL'S SEAT. See Ait-Suidh-
Thuin.
FINGAL'S STEPS, acclivitous natural
stair on shoulder of lofty mountain in
Morvern parish, Argyleshire.
FINGASK, a seat of Sir Patrick M.
Thriepland, Bart., in Kilspindie parish,
Perthshire. It is a castellated edifice,
partly ancient, partly modern.
FINGASK, seat in Daviot parish, Aber-
deenshire.
FINGASK, seat in Kirkhill parish, In-
verness-shire.
FINGLAND, hill and cascade of about 56
feet, in Eskdalemuir parish, Dumfriesshire.
FINGLEN, picturesque glen, with burn
and cascade, in Campsie parish, Stirling-
shire.
FINGLETON, estate in Mearns parish,
Renfrewshire.
FINHAVEN, hamlet, fragment of ancient
noble castle, hill-range with vitrified fort,
and estate, in Oathlaw parish, Forfar-
shire. That parish itself was formerly
called Finhaven.
FINK (ST.), site of extinct hamlet, with
vestiges of ancient chapel, 2| miles east-
north-east of Blairgowrie, Perthshire.
FINLAGAN, lake in centre of Islay
Island, Argyleshire. It measures about 3
miles in circuit, and has an islet with
ruined ancient castle of the Lords of the
Isles.
FINLARIG, ruined ancient noble castle
on north-west side of upper part of Loch
Tay, Perthshire. It figures in Sir Walter
Scott's Fair Maid of Perth.
FINLAS, stream running to Loch Lo-
mond, in Luss parish, Dumbartonshire.
FINLAYS, remnant of old castle in
Nairn parish, Nairnshire.
FINLAYSTON, seat in Kilmalcolm
parish, Renfrewshire.
FINNAN. See Findon and Glen-
finnan.
FINNAN (ST.), small island, with ruins
of ancient church, in Loch Shiel, on
mutual border of Argyleshire and Inver-
ness-shire.
FINNART, glen, descending eastward to
Loch Long, at Ardentinny, Argyleshire.
FINNART, seat and mountain on east
side of Loch Long, in Bow parish, Dum-
bartonshire.
FINNART, headland at mouth of Loch
Byan, at south-west extremity of Ayrshire.
FINNIESTON, suburb of Glasgow on the
Clyde, to the west of Anderston. It has
a Free church founded in 1877, estimated
to cost £11,250, and a public school with
about 643 scholars.
FINNYFOLD, village in Cruden parish,
Aberdeenshire.
FINSLAY, place, with public school, in
Harris, Outer Hebrides.
FINSTOWN, hamlet, 6 miles west-north-
west of Kirkwall, Orkney. It has a post
office, with money order and telegraph
departments, designated of Orkney.
FINTRAY, parish, with church, on left
side of the Don, 8 miles west of Aberdeen.
It has a post office under Aberdeen. Its
length along the Don is nearly 6 miles ;
its greatest length northward is nearly 5
miles ; its area is 7319 acres. Real pro-
perty in 1880-81, £8299. Pop. 1032. The
surface rises gradually from the Don,
declines again toward the north, and is
nowhere higher than about 300 feet.
Fintray House is a seat of Sir William
Forbes, Bart. The church is modern, and
has nearly 800 sittings. There are 2
schools for 240 scholars, and 1 of them
and an enlargement for 177 are new.
FINTRY, village and parish in Stir-
lingshire. The village stands on
Endrick river, 6 miles east-south-east
of Balfron, and has a post office under
Glasgow, a parochial church, and a
public school. — The parish contains also