Macduff is a community in the Banff and Buchan area Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is positioned on Banff Bay as well as deals with the community of Banff throughout the estuary of the River Deveron. Macduff is a previous burgh as well as was the last location in the UK where deep-water wooden angling boats were built. The negotiation 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 second earl, built a harbour there and also in 1783 succeeded in increasing Doune to the standing of a burgh of barony, renaming it "Macduff" after his supposed forefather. The second Earl Fife appointed his variable, William Rose, as the initial Provost of Macduff in 1783. The town commemorated its bicentenary in 1983, and also the signs erected in that year still stand on the primary approaches to the community (most visibly, a big indicator beside the Banff Bridge on the Macduff side). Banff and also Macduff are separated by the valley of the River Deveron. This uncertain river was finally subjugated by the seven arched bridge finished in 1799 by John Smeaton. An earlier bridge had been integrated in 1765, but was swept away in 1768. The old ferry was brought back right into usage, up until it was lost in a flooding in 1773. Early area prehistory appears by the nearby ancient monument at Longman Hill, a huge long barrow rather to the southeast of Macduff.