Dounby () is a village on

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in Orkney, in the north of

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. 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 (mainly lying in Sandwick). It features a

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store, a

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, pharmacy, care home, pub, post office, hairdressers, church and a community school that serve Birsay, Dounby, Harray, Sandwick, Stenness, and Twatt. The West Mainland Agricultural Show (commonly called the Dounby Show) occurs here every August on the Thursday before the Orkney County Show in

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. The County show is always the 2nd Saturday in August.

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Visit Scotland - DounbyCanmore - Dounby, Click Mill site recordMurray Foote - Dounby Click MillJ Heslop-Harrison Autobiography: War Service Part 2 "Dounby"
Villages on Mainland, Orkney {{Orkney-geo-stub