Gight, a ruined castle in Fyvie parish, N Aberdeenshire, on the left bank of the Ythan, 31/8 miles ENE of Woodhead or Fyvie village, and 9 SE of Turriff. Crowning the brink of a rocky eminence, with the Braes of Gight on one side, and the Braes of Haddo or Formartine on the other, it commands a circle of exquisite scenery, dates from remote times, and continued to be inhabited till the latter part of last century. It figures commonly in history as the House of Gight, was plundered by the Covenanters in 1644, and now is remarkable only for the great strength of its remaining walls. The estate, having belonged for many generations to the Maitlands, became about 1479 the property of William Gordon, third son of the second Earl of Huntly. It remained in possession of his lineal descendants till 1785, when the last heiress, Catherine Gordon of Gight, married the Hon. John Byron; so that it would have passed to their son, Lord Byron the poet, had it not been sold in 1787 to the third Earl of Aberdeen.Ord. Sur., sh. 87, 1876.
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