Click Mill from Dounby
The Click Mill of Dounby (also called Birsay, Dounby Mill, Hillside, Milbrig or Norse Mill) northeast of Dounby on the Orkney -Insel Mainland is a typical example of a Nordic or Horizontalrad water mill , a type of water mills on Lewis and Harris and the Shetlands .
The Dounby Click Mill is the last restored example of this type of mill on Orkney. The Click Mill wasn't built until the mid-1820s and was in operation until the mid-1880s. The approximately 4.5 x 2.0 m measuring mill contains all of its internal machinery and equipment.
The mill is listed as a Scheduled Monument .
Distribution and specifics
Remains of horizontal mills can be found in Scotland and the islands. Restored and intact Clickmills are on Lewis ( Shawbost ) and at Huxter and Westing on the Shetland Islands . Dendrochronology shows that the vast majority of all mills in Ireland were built between 630 and 930. Previously it was assumed that the type of mill only spread to Ireland through the Normans .
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Coordinates: 59 ° 5 '14 " N , 3 ° 10' 43.9" W.