Orphir, Earl's Bu

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What is recorded here

Orphir, Earl's Bu is a horizontal mill in Orkney Islands, Scotland.

From the Historic Environment Scotland record 1970

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• N Chadwick, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• David Purchase, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Maker not stated on source page, commons.wikimedia.org
• Sarah Charlesworth, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• yvso, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Maker not stated on source page, www.alamy.com
• David Wyatt, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Alan Reid, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Anne Burgess, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Heather Holdridge, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Rude Health, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Derek Mayes, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0

St Nicholas's Church (ruins) aka Orkney Round Church C12Archaeological place · 38 ydOrphir, St Nicholas's ChurchBurial Ground, Church (12th Century), Grave Slab · 38 ydMapped cemeteryCemetery · 48 ydRemains of Round Church at the Earl's Bu, OrphirChurch, cross or graveyard · 54 ydOrkneyinga Saga CentreMuseum · 59 ydNew cemeteryCemetery · 61 ydOrphir - round churchChurch, cross or graveyard · 69 ydBu of OrphirNo Class (event) (21st Century) · 80 ydNorse Water Mill at the Earl's BuVisitor information · 81 ydGrindelay from Midland HillMountain or hill · 1523 ydHill of MidlandMountain / peak · 1600 ydSwanbister FarmNo Class (event) (21st Century) · 1.0 mi

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