Dounby Click Mill, Mainland

Name: Dounby Click Mill
Address: Mainland, United Kingdom

#7 among attractions in Mainland

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Dounby Click Mill is a mill located on the Mainland of Orkney, in Scotland. It is the last of the horizontal or "Norse" watermills of Orkney still in working order. ()

Alternative names: Built: XIX centuryCoordinates: 59°5'14"N, 3°10'43"W

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Dounby Click Mill – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Broch of Gurness, Earl's Palace, Loch of Harray, Midhowe Chambered Cairn.

4.3 miNE
History museum, Historical place, Museum
Broch of Gurness, Birsay
109 min walk • The Broch of Gurness is an Iron Age broch village on the northeast coast of Mainland Orkney in Scotland overlooking Eynhallow Sound, about 15 miles north-west of Kirkwall. It once housed a substantial community.
5.7 miNW
Forts and castles
Earl's Palace, Birsay
145 min walk • The Earl's Palace in Birsay, Orkney, Scotland, is a ruined 16th-century castle. It was built by Robert Stewart, 1st Earl of Orkney, illegitimate son of King James V and his mistress Euphemia Elphinstone. The palace is in the care of Historic Environment Scotland as a Scheduled Ancient Monument.
4.6 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Loch of Harray, Stenness
117 min walk • The Loch of Harray is the largest loch of Mainland Orkney, Scotland and is named for the parish of Harray. It lies immediately north of the Loch of Stenness and is close to the World Heritage neolithic sites of the Stones of Stenness and Ring of Brodgar.
5.6 miNE
Archaeological site
Midhowe Chambered Cairn, Rousay
142 min walk • Midhowe Chambered Cairn is a large Neolithic chambered cairn located on the south shore of the island of Rousay, Orkney, Scotland. The name "Midhowe" comes from the Iron Age broch known as Midhowe Broch, that lies just west of the tomb.
6.2 miNE
Archaeological site
Blackhammer Chambered Cairn, Rousay
159 min walk • Blackhammer Chambered Cairn is a Neolithic cairn on Rousay, in Orkney, Scotland. It is a scheduled monument in the care of Historic Environment Scotland. It is thought to date from around 3000 BC.
5.6 miNE
Archaeological site
Midhowe Broch, Rousay
143 min walk • Midhowe Broch is an iron-age broch located on the west coast of the island of Rousay in the Orkney Islands, in Scotland.
4 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Loch of Boardhouse, Birsay
102 min walk • The Loch of Boardhouse is a freshwater loch in the parish of Birsay in the north west of the mainland of Orkney, Scotland. It acts as a reservoir for public water supply and is popular for trout fishing.
3.4 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Loch of Swannay, Mainland
87 min walk • The Loch of Swannay is the most northerly loch on the mainland of Orkney and lies within the parish of Birsay in the north west of the island. It is an elliptically shaped, freshwater loch and is close to the lochs of Hundland and Boardhouse.
6.8 miSE
Island
Damsay
174 min walk • Damsay is an islet in the Orkney archipelago in Scotland. It is approximately 18 hectares in extent and rises to only 11 metres above sea level. It is situated in the Bay of Firth north of the Orkney Mainland near Finstown. Nearby is the smaller islet of Holm of Grimbister.
2.8 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Loch of Hundland, Birsay
72 min walk • The Loch of Hundland is a shallow freshwater loch in the parish of Birsay in the north west of the mainland of Orkney, Scotland. The loch lies between the larger lochs of Swannay and Boardhouse and acts as the main water catchment for Loch of Boardhouse.
6.1 miNW
Stela
Buckquoy spindle-whorl, Birsay
155 min walk • The Buckquoy spindle-whorl is an Ogham-inscribed spindle-whorl dating from the Early Middle Ages, probably the 8th century, which was found in 1970 in Buckquoy, Birsay, Orkney, Scotland.