Macduff
Macduff is a town in the Banff and also Buchan area Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is situated on Banff Bay and also encounters the community of Banff across the estuary of the River Deveron. Macduff is a former burgh and also was the last place in the United Kingdom where deep-water wood fishing boats were constructed. 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 elevating Doune to the condition of a burgh of barony, renaming it "Macduff" after his intended forefather. The second Earl Fife assigned his element, William Rose, as the initial Provost of Macduff in 1783. The town celebrated its bicentenary in 1983, as well as the indicators set up in that year still base on the primary strategies to the community (most visibly, a big indicator next to the Banff Bridge on the Macduff side). Banff and Macduff are separated by the valley of the River Deveron. This unforeseeable river was ultimately subjugated by the seven arched bridge completed in 1799 by John Smeaton. An earlier bridge had actually been built in 1765, but was swept away in 1768. The old ferry was brought back into use, till it was lost in a flooding in 1773. Early area prehistory appears by the close-by ancient monolith at Longman Hill, a huge long barrow rather to the southeast of Macduff.