[7] Prehistoric finds have been made in the form of ancient cists, somewhat west of the primary school.

In 1820, he opened an ale-house which was called the Toddy Hole by arrangement with John Miller of Millquoy.

The ale-house building is now the site of the Pomona Inn hostelry, after an old name for Mainland Orkney.

The British poet Zaffar Kunial is a direct descendant of Phin and has written about Finstown and George Mackay Brown in a poem that appeared in The Dark Horse magazine (Autumn/Winter 2021).

Finstown has a post office, Firth Primary School, a pub called the Pomona Inn (due to open for business again on 30 August 2024), a shop and a garage.