Gight

Gight

Gight Castle
Gight
 Gight shown within Aberdeenshire
OS grid referenceNJ825401
Council areaAberdeenshire
Lieutenancy areaAberdeenshire
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town ELLON
Postcode district AB41
Dialling code 01651
Police Scottish
Fire Scottish
Ambulance Scottish
EU Parliament Scotland
UK ParliamentBanff and Buchan
Scottish ParliamentAberdeenshire East
List of places
UK
Scotland

Coordinates: 57°26′56″N 2°17′02″W / 57.449°N 2.284°W / 57.449; -2.284

Gight is the name of an estate in the parish of Fyvie in the Formartine area of Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. It is best known as the location of the 16th-century Gight Castle,[1] ancestral home of Lord Byron. The Gight Woods are presently a protected natural forest.[2]

It is said that the ruins are haunted by a piper who disappeared while exploring an underground passageway.[3]

References

  1. "Gight Castle: Listed Building Report". Historic Scotland.
  2. Gight Castle River Ythan Methlick Aberdeenshire. AboutAberdeen.com. Accessed March 20, 2012.
  3. "Gight Castle". About Aberdeen. Retrieved 4 August 2014.


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