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Macduff
Macduff is a community in the Banff as well as Buchan location Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is positioned on Banff Bay and also faces the town of Banff across the tidewater of the River Deveron. Macduff is a former burgh as well as was the last location in the UK 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, that became the first Earl Fife. In 1760, James Duff, the 2nd earl, constructed a harbour there and also in 1783 was successful in elevating Doune to the status of a burgh of barony, relabeling it "Macduff" after his supposed forefather. The second Earl Fife appointed his aspect, William Rose, as the first Provost of Macduff in 1783. The town commemorated its bicentenary in 1983, as well as the signs set up in that year still base on the primary techniques to the town (most visibly, a large sign alongside the Banff Bridge on the Macduff side). Banff and also Macduff are separated by the valley of the River Deveron. This unpredictable river was finally tamed by the seven arched bridge completed in 1799 by John Smeaton. An earlier bridge had been built in 1765, yet was swept away in 1768. The old ferry was revived into use, until it was lost in a flood in 1773. Early area prehistory appears by the neighboring ancient monument at Longman Hill, a big lengthy barrow somewhat to the southeast of Macduff.