Gight Castle


Parish: Fyvie

County: Aberdeenshire

Grid reference: NJ 8264 3920

Lat / long: 57.442949, -2.290588

Alternative names: Formartine Castle

The historic map is an Ordnance Survey map from 1919 to 1947, and is provided by the National Library of Scotland

Gight Castle was built some time between 1513 and 1570 and was probably the work of the same master mason who was responsible for three other castles in the area - Craig Castle, Delgatie Castle and Towie Barclay Castle.

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created Friday, May 14th, 2010 at 1:59 pm, last updated Friday, May 14th, 2010 at 1:59 pm