Fincastle, NE. section of Dull par., Perthshire, between the Garry and the Tummel; P.O., 6 miles NW. of Pitlochry; is traversed by Fincastle Burn, flowing SE. through Strath Fincastle (or Fincastle Glen) to the Tummel; gives the title of viscount to the Earl of Dunmore; on left bank of Fincastle Burn is F. House.

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