Gimps Watermill

Gimps Watermill is a ruins in Orkney Islands, Scotland. Gimps Watermill is situated nearby to the archaeological site Kirk Geo - site of St Colm’s Chapel, as well as near Burnt Mound (Prehistoric).

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Sorquoy,standing stone,Papley and St Peter’s Church.

Sorquoy,standing stone,Papley

Archaeological site

Photo: Ian Balcombe, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Sorquoy,standing stone,Papley is an archaeological site, which is situated 1½ miles southwest of Gimps Watermill.

St Peter’s Church

Church

Photo: Ian Balcombe, CC BY-SA 2.0.

St Peter’s Church is situated 2 miles south of Gimps Watermill.

W Hourston Blacksmiths Museum

Museum

Photo: Antony Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.

W Hourston Blacksmiths Museum is situated 2½ miles west of Gimps Watermill.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Grim Ness and Ayre of Cara.

Grim Ness

Locality

Photo: Des Colhoun, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Grimness is a cliff-girt headland on the island of South Ronaldsay, in the Orkney archipelago of Scotland. It is located between Honeysgeo and Skipi Geo and rises to a height of 34 metres above sea level.

Ayre of Cara

Locality

Photo: Karl Cooper, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Ayre of Cara is a locality.

Saint Margaret’s Hope

Village

Photo: Bob Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.

St Margaret's Hope is a village in the Orkney Islands, off the north coast of Scotland. It is known locally as The Hope or The Hup. With a population of about 550, it is Orkney's third largest settlement after Kirkwall and Stromness. Saint Margaret’s Hope is situated 2 miles west of Gimps Watermill.

Gimps Watermill

Type: Ruins
Categories: building and watermill
Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

58.82604° or 58° 49′ 34″ north

Longitude

-2.89858° or 2° 53′ 55″ west

Open location code

9CCVR4G2+CH

OpenStreetMap ID

way 942845652

OpenStreetMap feature

building=ruins

OpenStreetMap feature

man_made=watermill

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Kirk Geo - site of St Colm’s Chapel and Burnt Mound (Prehistoric).

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