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Macduff is a planned town and port at the mouth of the River Deveron in the historic county of [[Banffshire]] and in the modern adnministrative district of [[Aberdeenshire]], [[Scotland]]. It faces the town of [[Banff]], which lies west of the Deveron. Macduff was founded in the seventeenth century to take advantage of the developing, and rich, [[herring fishery]] of the [[North Sea]] by Sir Kenneadd Mac Kellar, a wealthy Scottish landowner and patron of the arts. McKellar was particularly interested in theatre and patronised a professional theatrical troupe - the first such modern company to exist in Scotland - and he named his new town after the character in [[Shakespeare's]] play [[Macbeth]]. Macduff has a population of 3,870 (2004).
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'''Macduff''' is a town situated in the north east of [[Scotland]] on the [[Moray Firth]].  
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A harbour was first built in Macduff in 1760, though at the time the village was called ''Doune''. It became Macduff in 1783, taking the family name of the landowner, Lord Fife, which was ''Duff.''
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'''Macduff''' is also the name of a character in [[Shakespeare]]'s ''[[MacBeth]]''.
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Latest revision as of 17:13, June 29, 2016

Macduff is a town situated in the north east of Scotland on the Moray Firth. A harbour was first built in Macduff in 1760, though at the time the village was called Doune. It became Macduff in 1783, taking the family name of the landowner, Lord Fife, which was Duff.

Macduff is also the name of a character in Shakespeare's MacBeth.

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