MacDuff's Castle On Visit To East Wemyss On The Coast Of Fife Scotland

Tour Scotland video clip, with Scottish music, of MacDuff's Castle on ancestry visit to East Wemyss on the coast of Fife. The location of this Scottish castle is associated with the MacDuff Earls of Fife, the most powerful family in Fife in the middle ages, although nothing survives from this period. The present ruins are the remains of the home of the Wemyss family, who lived here from the 14th century, and their successors in the 16th century. It is thought that a castle may have been built here by the MacDuff Mormaers, or Earls, of Fife in the 11th century, at the time of King Macbeth of Scotland. The castle is supposedly haunted by a Grey Lady, said to be a Mary Sibbald who was found guilty of theft and died in the castle. The surname MacDuff was first found in Perthshire, Gaelic: Siorrachd Pheairt, former county in the present day Council Area of Perth and Kinross, located in central Scotland. Over the years, MacDuff has been spelled MacDuff, McDuff, MacDhuibh in Gaelic and others. James MacDuff settled in Maryland, America, in 1747; James Macduff landed in Oxford, Maryland, America, in 1747; John MacDuff settled in Virginia, America, in 1772. The clan name MacDuff first appears in the reign of King David I in the context of Gillemichel mac duf. At the inauguration of Robert the Bruce as King of Scots at Scone in 1306, Isabel, Countess of Buchan, placed the golden circlet upon the King's head in the absence of her brother Duncan Macduff, Earl of Fife. For this act of defiance, Edward I of England had her taken prisoner and placed in a cage suspended from the walls of Berwick Castle. All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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