Macduff
Macduff is a town in the Banff as well as Buchan location Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is situated on Banff Bay and also faces the community of Banff across the tidewater of the River Deveron. Macduff is a former burgh and was the last area in the United Kingdom where deep-water wooden fishing boats were built. The settlement of Doune (from Scottish Gaelic dùn, "hill fort") was acquired in 1733 by William Duff, who ended up being the very first Earl Fife. In 1760, James Duff, the 2nd earl, constructed a harbour there and in 1783 prospered in elevating Doune to the condition of a burgh of barony, relabeling it "Macduff" after his meant ancestor. The 2nd Earl Fife designated his element, William Rose, as the first Provost of Macduff in 1783. The town commemorated its bicentenary in 1983, and also the indicators put up in that year still stand on the main approaches to the community (most visibly, a big indicator alongside the Banff Bridge on the Macduff side). Banff and Macduff are separated by the valley of the River Deveron. This unforeseeable river was lastly subjugated by the 7 arched bridge completed in 1799 by John Smeaton. An earlier bridge had actually been integrated in 1765, but was swept away in 1768. The old ferryboat was restored into usage, till it was lost in a flooding in 1773. Early area prehistory appears by the nearby old monolith at Longman Hill, a huge lengthy barrow somewhat to the southeast of Macduff.
