Macduff is a town in the Banff and also Buchan location Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is located on Banff Bay as well as encounters the town of Banff throughout the tidewater of the River Deveron. Macduff is a previous burgh and was the last location in the UK where deep-water wooden angling watercrafts were built. The negotiation of Doune (from Scottish Gaelic dùn, "hill fort") was purchased in 1733 by William Duff, that ended up being the very first Earl Fife. In 1760, James Duff, the second earl, built a harbour there and in 1783 prospered in raising Doune to the status of a burgh of barony, renaming it "Macduff" after his supposed ancestor. The 2nd Earl Fife appointed his variable, William Rose, as the first Provost of Macduff in 1783. The town commemorated its bicentenary in 1983, and also the signs set up in that year still stand on the primary approaches to the town (most visibly, a large indicator alongside the Banff Bridge on the Macduff side). Banff and Macduff are separated by the valley of the River Deveron. This unpredictable river was lastly tamed by the seven arched bridge finished in 1799 by John Smeaton. An earlier bridge had been built in 1765, yet was swept away in 1768. The old ferryboat was brought back right into usage, till it was shed in a flood in 1773. Early area prehistory appears by the nearby old monument at Longman Hill, a big lengthy barrow rather to the southeast of Macduff.