Gight

Gight is an estate in the parish of in the area of , 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: Methlick Parish Church, Methlick and Methlick Village, War Memorial.

Church
Photo: Bill Harrison, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is situated 2 miles east of Gight.

Memorial
Photo: Bill Harrison, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is situated 1½ miles east of Gight.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Methlick and Woodhead.

Photo: Fionam890, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a village in about 20 miles…

Village
Photo: Ian Brackenridge, CC BY-SA 2.0.
of Fyvie, often simply called "Woodhead"… is situated 2½ miles west of Gight.

Hamlet
Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is near , , Scotland. is situated 4 miles northwest of Gight.

Gight

Latitude
57.43333° or 57° 26′ north
Longitude
-2.28333° or 2° 17′ west
Elevation
361 feet (110 metres)
Open location code
9C9VCPM8+8M
Geo­Names ID
2648676
Wiki­data ID
Q5560293
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Swedish—“Gight” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Gight”
  • Dutch: “Gight”
  • French: “Gight”
  • German: “Gight Castle”
  • Swedish: “Gight”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Ardo and Gight.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Lethenty and Brownhill.

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