Bimbister

Human settlement in Scotland
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59°01′52″N 3°10′44″W / 59.031°N 3.179°W / 59.031; -3.179

Bimbister is a village on the Orkney Islands, Scotland. The A986 is the main road through the village. The Bronze Age cemetery, the Knowes of Trotty, which includes twelve surviving burial mounds, lies to the east of the village. Bimbister is within the parish of Birsay and Harray.[1]

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References

  1. ^ "Details of Parish of Birsay and Harray". Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
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