📌 Dounby, Orkney Mainland
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Dounby Click Mill is Orkney’s only surviving horizontal water mill, tucked away in a remote corner of the hills southwest of the Broch of Gurness. The picturesque mill is in working condition (though not in use) and occupies an idyllic setting next to a tumbling burn, obviously. Curious cows will watch on from behind nearby fences as you struggle with the awkward latch on the door.
🌍 Location
📌 Off B9057 between Evie and Dounby, Orkney Mainland
🧭 O.S. Grid Reference: HY 325228
🛰️ GPS coordinates: 59.087213,-3.178901
❌ No public transport within 1 mi
🚗 Verge parking
📝 Key info
⌚ Always open
🎫 Free
💬 From the parking spot it’s a 5-min walk to the mill across slightly muddy fields.