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]
| Bimbister | |
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 A new house and former croft at Bimbister | |
  Bimbister Location within Orkney | |
| OS grid reference | HY323165 |
| Civil parish | |
| Council area | |
| Lieutenancy area | |
| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | STROMNESS |
| Postcode district | KW16 |
| Dialling code | 01856 |
| Police | Scotland |
| Fire | Scottish |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
| UK Parliament | |
| Scottish Parliament | |
See also
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edit- ^ "Details of Parish of Birsay and Harray". Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bimbister.
- The Megalithic Portal - Appiehouse Standing Stone
- The Megalithic Portal - Knowes of Trotty
- The Megalithic Portal - Woodwyn Cairn
- Orkneyjar - Knowes of Trotty
- Canmore - Bimbister, Upper House Farm site record
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