Click Mill (Dounby)

📌 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

🔗 historicenvironment.scot

💬 From the parking spot it’s a 5-min walk to the mill across slightly muddy fields.