Gight Castle, Dovecot
Dovecot (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Gight Castle, Dovecot
Classification Dovecot (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 144385
Site Number NJ83NW 4.01
NGR NJ 8236 3939
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/144385
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Fyvie
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Banff And Buchan
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NJ83NW 4.01 8236 3939
(Name cited as Gight). The incomplete remains of a dovecot associated with Gight Castle are situated in an area of mixed woodland on a moderate S-facing slope at an altitude of 85m OD. Of 17th or early 18th-century date, it has been of lean-to type with a stepped rat-course.
NMRS, MS/712/87.
(Location cited as NJ 8241 3932).
NMRS, MS/712/90.
The following site was recorded while checking vertical aerial photographs held by Aberdeenshire Council.
NJ 824 393 Dovecot.
Sponsor: Aberdeenshire Council.
M Greig 1999
