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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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Fincastle, a north-eastern district of Dull parish, Perthshire, extending 3½ miles along the N bank of the Tummel from the foot of Loch Tummel to Bonskeid House, and 1½ mile along the S bank of the Garry from Blair Athole village to Auldclune. Fincastle Burn flows through the midst to the Tummel, along a fertile narrow strath, and near its left bank stands Fincastle House, the seat and death-place of Sir Robert Gilmour Colquhoun, K.C.B. (1803-70), who for seven years served as ConsulGeneral in Egypt. The district takes its name from having anciently contained no fewer than fifteen castles, vestiges of a number of which may still be seen; and it gives the title of Viscount to the Earl of Dunmore. It has a post office under Pitlochry, 6 miles to the SE.—Ord. Sur., sh. 55, 1869.
(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)
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| Feature Description: | "a north-eastern district of Dull parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Dull ScoP Perthshire ScoCnty |
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