Quoys of the Hill

Places of Interest

Dounby Click Mill

Watermill

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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 1½ miles north of Quoys of the Hill.

Knowes of Trotty

Archaeological site

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The Knowes of Trotty is a Bronze Age cemetery located in Mainland, Orkney in Scotland. The ancient site consists of a group of twelve surviving burial mounds, dating to 2030–1770 BC. Knowes of Trotty is situated 2½ miles southeast of Quoys of the Hill.

Sabiston Mill, Dounby

Watermill

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Sabiston Mill, Dounby is a watermill, which is situated 2½ miles northwest of Quoys of the Hill.

Places in the Area

Dounby

Village

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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. Dounby is situated 1½ miles west of Quoys of the Hill.

Harray

Village

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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 1½ miles south of Quoys of the Hill.

Twatt

Village

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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 4 miles northwest of Quoys of the Hill.

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