Binscarth, an estate, with a good modern mansion, in Firth parish, Pomona, Orkney, 7 miles W of Kirkwall. Purchased in 1841 by his father, by whom it was greatly improved, it is now the property of Jas. Cathie Scarth, Esq. (b. 1838; suc. 1879), owner of 1807 acres, valued at £446 per annum.

(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)