The tradition is Gaelic rather than local. Pùball Fhinn, 'Fionn's tent', is an expression from the Fenian cycle for his travelling dwelling, so the present name may be a later reading of an older phrase. The site is also called Sornach Coir' Fhinn, 'the fireplace of Fionn's cauldron', and locally Sornach a' Phobaill, 'the fireplace of the people'. Coire Fhinn, Fionn's cauldron, was the pot in which he and his companions cooked the deer they hunted.
The circle is prehistoric and the Fionn connection is a later folk attachment. The record covers the folklore only.
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