Butterstone, a post office village and a lake in Caputh parish, Perthshire, 4 miles ENE of Dunkeld. The village stands adjacent to the lake, and has a subscription school. The lake is about ½ mile square, presents features of much beauty, contains pike, perch, and a few trout, and by a stream ¼ mile long is connected with the Loch of Lows.

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