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Watermill in Dounby
Dounby Click Mill
TypeWatermill
LocationDounby
Coordinates59°05′15″N 3°10′52″W / 59.08757°N 3.18114°W / 59.08757; -3.18114
OS grid referenceHY 32541 22853
AreaMainland, Orkney
Built19th Century
OwnerHistoric Environment Scotland
Scheduled monument
Official nameClick Mill
Designated31 May 1994
Reference no.SM90076
Dounby Click Mill is located in Orkney IslandsDounby Click MillLocation of Dounby Click Mill in Orkney Islands

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.

The mill is constructed with drystone walls and roofed with flagstones and turf. The design avoids the use of complicated gearing to transfer the drive to the millstones by mounting the stones directly above the wheel and on the same shaft.

It has been restored by, and is owned by, Historic Environment Scotland.

Horizontal water wheel of Dounby Click Mill

References

  1. Click Mill, Dounby, Historic Environment Scotland
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