DUFFTOWN, police burgh, Banffshire, Scotland, on the Fiddich, 64 m. W.N.W. of Aberdeen by the L.N.E.R. Pop. It dates from 1817 and bears the name of its founder, James Duff, 4th earl of Fife. Although planned in the shape of a cross, with a square and tower in the middle, the arms of the cross are not straight, the constructor holding that, in order to prevent little towns from being taken in at a glance, their streets should be crooked. The leading factories are lime-works and distilleries, the water being good for whisky making. The town is a health resort. Dufftown is in the parish of Mortlach. The Stone of Mortlach is traditionally believed to have been erected to commemorate the success of Malcolm II. over the Danes in 1o10. There are also three large stones known as "The King's Grave," a hill-fort and cairns. A portion of old Balvenie castle, a ruin, is considered to be of Pictish origin, but most of it is of the Scots Baronial period. Two miles south-east of Duff town is the ruined castle of Auchindown, on a limestone crag, 200 ft. high, of which three sides are washed by the Fiddich and the fourth was protected by a moat. It dates from the 1 1 th cen tury, and once belonged to the Ogilvies, from whom it passed in 1535 to the Gordons. The Gothic hall with rows of fluted pillars is in fair preservation. About 4 m. to the N.W. is Craigel lachie, on the confines of Elginshire. It is a growing place, with a large hotel, situated on the Spey amidst fine scenery. The slogan of the Grants is "Stand fast Craigellachie!"