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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HAGBERRY POT | Hagberry pot Hagberry pot Hagberry pot |
Mr D. Grant Gight Lodge Mr D. Grant Gight Cottage Mr R. Grant Quarryhead |
029 | a well known old name of a pool in the River Ythan Situated at a Wooden footbridge across the river, and abt. [about] 11. Chains S.W. [South West] of Gight Castle for Tradition of this pool See Pratt's Buchan P. [Page] 254 |
| GIGHT CASTLE (In Ruins) | Gight Castle (In Ruins) Gight Castle (In Ruins) Gight Castle (In Ruins) |
Mr D. Grant Gight Lodge Mr D. Grant Gight Cottage Mr R. Grant Quarryhead |
029 | a mere ruins, a small wing of the East is roofed for a stabling adjoining which is a dwelling house with a small garden and at the N.W. [North West] corner of the Castle ruins is a neatly built Summer Lodge covered or roofed with gink, situated on the brink of a Rocky and wooded ravine The history of this old place seems rather obscure It is said 'The Castle and Estate became about the year 1479. the property of Mr Gordon 3rd Son of the Earl of Huntly he was Killed at the Battle of Flodden in 1513 The property then came to his eldest son Sir George Gordon of Gight and Schivas, and remained among members of this family till abt [about] 1785. the last, Catharine Gordon of Gight, married the Honourable John Byron and became the mother of the Poet Lord Byron further particulars may be found from P. [Page] 251 to 254 of Pratt's Buchan: Proprietor, The Earl of Aberdeen. This ancient seat of the family of Gight is now a ruin, but with its surrounding scenery, a very beautiful and picturesque one. It stands on the north bank of the Ythan, about four miles and a half east of the parish Church. The valley of the river on both sides is clothed with wood; on the north bank with natural wood of every variety of foliage; while the associations connected with the spot, as having belonged to the family of one who, during his short career, shed around him such a bright display of genius and fancy, (for himself and for the sake of mankind, it is to be deplored so unhappily directed) give to it an additional interest. (Statistical account P [Page] 331) |
| PADDLING FORD | Paddling Ford Paddling Ford Paddling Ford |
Mr. R. Thomson Cottown Mr. R. Grant Gight Lodge Mr. R. Grant Gight Cottage |
029 | a pool which was formerly a ford and situated 3. or 4. Chains above the Conflux of Burn of Stonehouse and the River Ythan. |
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