Gight Castle

Gight Castle is a very ruined 16th-century L-plan tower house located 11 miles northwest of Ellon in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Built by a cadet branch of the Gordon family in the first half of the 16th century, the castle gained historical prominence as the ancestral home of Lord Byron. The Gordons of Gight held the property for two centuries until gambling debts forced its sale to the Earl of Aberdeen. Following a tragic riding accident that claimed the Earl's son, the castle was abandoned and never reoccupied. The deteriorated structure remains overgrown and ruinous, with no interior access permitted, though a public right of way allows views of the exterior.