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Macduff (Scottish Gaelic: An Dùn) is a town in the Banff and Buchan area of Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is situated on Banff Bay and faces the town of Banff across the estuary of the River Deveron. Macduff is a former burgh and was the last place in the United Kingdom where deep-water wooden fishing boats were built. [2]
Banff and Macduff is a community council area in the Banff and Buchan committee area of Aberdeenshire, Scotland, with a community council. [1] The community council area includes the two named towns and a rural area extending to the south west.
In March 2016 there were 47,288 listed buildings in Scotland. Of these, 8% were Category A, and 50% were Category B, with the remaining 42% being Category C. [ 2 ] See also
The first municipal building in Macduff was an early 19th century townhouse in Shore Street. [2] [3] Following significant population growth, largely associated with the fishing industry, the town became a police burgh in 1853. [4] In the 1880s, the police commissioners decided to demolish the old townhouse and erect a new building in its place ...
Macduff's Castle, in Fife, Scotland.The site is associated with the MacDuff Earls of Fife. The Clan Duff claims descent from the original royal Scoto-Pictish line of which Queen Gruoch of Scotland, wife of Macbeth, King of Scotland, was the senior representative. [5]
The pavilion in 2009. Tarlair Swimming Pool is a disused lido at the base of a sea cliff just outside Macduff in Aberdeenshire in Scotland.This outdoor swimming complex was built in an Art Deco style with a main building backing onto the cliffs and changing rooms to its left hand side.
The current baron is The Much Honoured Eric Cotton Dexter, 9th Baron of MacDuff. [ 1 ] The title originates in Macduf contained mostly within the boundaries of the Town of Macduff , in the Banff and Buchan area of Aberdeenshire, Scotland. [ 2 ]
Banff and Macduff Lifeboat Station is a former Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) lifeboat station, located in Banff, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The lifeboat station in this part of Aberdeenshire has been located in various locations in Banff & Macduff , and between 1923 and 1969, the lifeboat was located at Whitehills , three miles to ...