Gight

Gight is an estate in the parish of Fyvie in the Formartine area of Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is best known as the location of the 16th-century Gight Castle, ancestral home of Lord Byron.

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Type: Ruin
Description: village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK
Also known as: “House of Gight”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Methlick Parish Church, Methlick and Methlick Village, War Memorial.

Methlick Parish Church, Methlick

Church

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Methlick Parish Church, Methlick is situated 2 miles east of Gight.

Methlick Village, War Memorial

Memorial

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Methlick Village, War Memorial is situated 1½ miles east of Gight.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Methlick and Woodhead.

Methlick

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Methlick is a village in Aberdeenshire about 20 miles north of Aberdeen; its main attraction is Haddo House. Methlick derives from Gaelic Maothulach, which may mean "vale of honey".

Woodhead

Village

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Woodhead of Fyvie, often simply called "Woodhead", is an inland hamlet in Formartine, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, that lies to the east of Fyvie near the upper River Ythan. Woodhead is situated 2½ miles west of Gight.