Hourston

Hourston is a locality in Orkney Islands, Scotland. Hourston is situated nearby to the hamlet Mirbister, as well as near the village Dounby.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Sabiston Mill, Dounby and Dounby Click Mill.

Sabiston Mill, Dounby

Watermill

Photo: Andy Farrington, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Sabiston Mill, Dounby is a watermill.

Dounby Click Mill

Watermill

Photo: Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.

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. Dounby Click Mill is situated 2½ miles northeast of Hourston.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dounby and Harray.

Dounby

Village

Photo: Stephen McKay, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Dounby is a village on Mainland in Orkney, in the north of Scotland. Dounby village is situated at the crossroads of what are now the A986 and B9057, and has grown close to the meeting point of the three parishes of Sandwick, Birsay and Harray.

Harray

Village

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Harray is an Orcadian parish and village on Mainland, Orkney, Scotland, United Kingdom. The village is near the Loch of Harray and was used by the Vikings for waterway transportation and Old Norse was spoken in the area up until the 1700s. Harray is situated 2 miles southeast of Hourston.

Twatt

Village

Photo: J M Briscoe, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Twatt is a settlement in the parish of Birsay on the Mainland of Orkney, Scotland. It was previously the location of RNAS Twatt, from 1940–1949. Twatt is situated at the junction of the A986 and the A967. Twatt is situated 3½ miles northwest of Hourston.

Hourston

Type: Locality
Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

59.06097° or 59° 3′ 40″ north

Longitude

-3.22294° or 3° 13′ 23″ west

Elevation

56 feet (17 metres)

Open location code

9CFR3Q6G+9R

OpenStreetMap ID

node 9890386326

OpenStreetMap feature

place=locality

GeoNames ID

13283898

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