Gight

Gight
Gight Castle
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	Scottish
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
EU Parliament	Scotland
UK Parliament	Banff and Buchan
Scottish Parliament	Aberdeenshire East
List of places UK Scotland 57°26′56″N 2°17′02″W / 57.449°N 2.284°W / 57.449; -2.284Coordinates: 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 (or Formantine) Castle , ancestral home of Lord Byron.

The castle was built to an L-shaped plan, probably in the 16th century by George Gordon, the second laird. It was later occupied by Catherine Gordon Byron, the mother of Lord Byron, but she sold it in 1787 to George Gordon, 3rd Earl of Aberdeen to pay off her debts. It was then accupied by the Earl's son, George Gordon, Lord Haddo, until the latter's early death in 1791, since when it has been uninhabited. It was designated a scheduled ancient monument in 1965.

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

The Gight Woods are presently a protected natural forest.

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