Macduff
Macduff is a community in the Banff and Buchan area Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is positioned on Banff Bay as well as encounters the community of Banff throughout the estuary of the River Deveron. Macduff is a former burgh and was the last location in the United Kingdom where deep-water wood angling boats were developed. The settlement of Doune (from Scottish Gaelic dùn, "hill fort") was purchased in 1733 by William Duff, who came to be the first Earl Fife. In 1760, James Duff, the 2nd earl, developed a harbour there as well as in 1783 prospered in increasing Doune to the standing of a burgh of barony, relabeling it "Macduff" after his supposed forefather. The second Earl Fife appointed his element, William Rose, as the first Provost of Macduff in 1783. The community celebrated its bicentenary in 1983, and the indicators erected in that year still base on the primary methods to the community (most noticeably, a huge indication beside the Banff Bridge on the Macduff side). Banff and also Macduff are divided by the valley of the River Deveron. This unforeseeable river was ultimately tamed by the 7 arched bridge finished in 1799 by John Smeaton. An earlier bridge had been built in 1765, but was swept away in 1768. The old ferryboat was brought back into use, till it was lost in a flooding in 1773. Early area prehistory is manifested by the nearby ancient monolith at Longman Hill, a huge lengthy barrow rather to the southeast of Macduff.
