known as the location of the 16th-century Gight (or Formartine) Castle, ancestral home of Lord Byron. Gight Castle is about 4 miles (6.4 km) miles east of...
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principal seat of the Dukes of Gordon and was originally called Bog-of-Gight. The six-storey medieval tower dates from 1498 and in the late 18th century...
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Clan Gordon (section Castles)
1594. The castle is in the care of Historic Scotland. Gight Castle, at Gight, near Fyvie, Aberdeenshire, was held by the Gordons of Gight and William...
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Gight where John Byron ran through most of the £23,000 Catherine had brought to their marriage. Soon after, he sold her property, the Castle of Gight...
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concert hall, lies 2.7 kilometres (1.7 mi) to the south-east of Methlick. Gight Castle, ancestral home of Lord Byron, lies 4.3 kilometres (2.7 mi) to the west...
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captain he was sorry-o The drums they did beat o'er the bonnie braes o' Gight And the band played the bonnie lass of Fyvie-o Long ere we came to Oldmeldrum...
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Delgatie Castle is a castle near Turriff, in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. A castle has stood on the site of Delgatie Castle since the year 1030 AD, although...
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Fyvie Castle is a castle in the village of Fyvie, near Turriff in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The earliest parts of Fyvie Castle date from the 13th century...
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by King James IV with repairing the castle for use as a Royal garrison. His brother William Gordon, Laird of Gight, became master of Inverlochy, and was...
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Tolquhon Castle (/tæˈhuːn/ ta-HOON) is located in Aberdeenshire, north-east Scotland. It lies about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) north-west of Pitmedden, and 2 miles...
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Esslemont Castle is a ruined tower house in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is located on the A920 west of Ellon and is designated a scheduled ancient monument...
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of them, The MacAndrew Collection, was published in 2002. His air, "Gight Castle", is particularly haunting. He was, however, dismissive of his efforts...
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Category C(S) 9627 Upload Photo Gight Castle 57°26′34″N 2°17′27″W / 57.44282°N 2.290725°W / 57.44282; -2.290725 (Gight Castle) Category B 9628 Upload Photo...
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Lord Byron (redirect from George Gordon of Gight)
(known as 'Jack') and his second wife, Catherine Gordon, heiress of the Gight estate in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Byron's paternal grandparents were Vice...
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Haddo (28 January 1764 – 2 October 1791 of a fall from his horse at Gight Castle), who was the father of Prime Minister George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl...
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the Bog of Gight was outside his jurisdiction. The duty was then transferred to the sheriff of Banff, but on his appearing at the Bog of Gight Huntly refused...
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and burial sites, through Roman remains and medieval structures such as castles and monasteries, to later structures such as industrial sites and buildings...
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Knockhall Castle is a historic Scottish castle near to Newburgh, Aberdeenshire. The castle was built by William Sinclair, 3rd Lord Sinclair of Newburgh...
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house at Letham by George Gordon of Gight, who made him sign over a large sum of money. The remains of Bonnyton Castle collapsed in 1785 and there is little...
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the 1715 rising. Both sons were brought up by their mother at Drummond Castle in Perthshire until their father's death in 1720, when they were sent to...
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Fyvie (section Fyvie Castle)
(Köppen: Cfb). The nearest weather station to Fyvie is located at Fyvie Castle, which is 1 mile (1.6 km) north of the village, and is 55 m (180 ft) above...
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who married Sir James Crichton of Frendraught at the Castle of Bog of Gight (now called Gordon Castle) on 25 February 1619. Their eldest son was James Crichton...
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over 500 years. Haddo House sits in or near the site of the old Kellie Castle, the family's previous dwelling which was burnt down by the Covenanters...
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Murray of Aberscross (section Aberscross castle)
fled from the field of Flodden where his brother, the gallant Laird of Gight was killed, and that when his brother-in-law Alexander Sutherland tried...
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(Child 265) 3890. "Thomas o Yonderdale" (Child 253) 3891. "Miss Gordon of Gight" 3892. [no record] 3893. "Auld Scour Abeen" 3894. "The Wee Bridalie" 3895...
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David Lindsay, 10th Earl of Crawford, and Agnes married Alexander Gordon of Gight.[citation needed] Cardinal Beaton, a play based on his life. There have...
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a record of a courtyard house (probably of the 17th century), known as Castle Rainy, which was used for a time as the town hall, in Castlegate until the...
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side. On 22 September 1943, the Royal Engineers were called out to Udny Castle to investigate reports of an unexploded bomb. It turned out to be a "flash...
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are the words police station engraved in the stone. The ruined Knockhall Castle is near Newburgh and was inhabited for a century by Clan Udny. Coastal and...
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east of Oldmeldrum is the ruined Tolquhon Castle which is noted for its highly ornamented gatehouse. The castle was built between 1584 and 1589 and is now...
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