Gight

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

Gight
Gight Castle.jpg
Gight Castle
Gight is located in Aberdeen
Gight

 Gight shown within Aberdeenshire
OS grid reference NJ825401
Council area Aberdeenshire
Lieutenancy area Aberdeenshire
Country Scotland
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town ELLON
Postcode district AB41
Dialling code 01651
Police Grampian
Fire Grampian
Ambulance Scottish
EU Parliament Scotland
List of places: UK • Scotland •

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.

References

  1. ^ "Gight Castle: Listed Building Report". Historic Scotland. http://hsewsf.sedsh.gov.uk/hslive/hsstart?P_HBNUM=9628. 
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