Aberdeenshire HER - NJ83NW0003 - GIGHT CASTLE

Main Details

Primary Reference	NJ83NW0003
Name	GIGHT CASTLE
NRHE Card No.	NJ83NW4
NRHE Numlink	19800
HES SM No.	2508
HES LB No.	NULL
Site Form	Standing Structure
Site Condition	Incomplete
Details	Remains of castle, possibly built on the site of an earlier castle as there are a number of re-used stones. Gight is one of a group of four Aberdeenshire castles which were almost certainly built by the same master-mason of the 16th Century. The castle is a rubble-built L-plan tower-house, with ribbed groin-vaulted vestibule with carved corbels and complex wall chambers. Nothing survives above first floor level. The associated L-plan outbuildings are of a later date and are fairly complete although roofless. The south part were stables. There is a segmentally arched coachhouse in the north gable of the northeast wing and an outside stair in southeast angle. After a very dry summer (1995) rectangular cropmarks were observed immediately to the east of the castle. Also a number of other cropmarks, probably associated with the castle, lie to the east.
Last Update	31/05/2022
Updated By	bmann

Compiler
Date of Compilation	11/09/1980

National Grid Reference: NJ 8270 3917

Monument Type 1	Monument Type 2	Monument Type 3	Order	Probability
CASTLES		REMAINS OF	A	100
COURTYARDS		REMAINS OF	B	100
TOWERHOUSES		L-PLAN	C	100
VESTIBULES		GROIN-VAULTED	D	100
CHAMBERS	WALL		E	100
STAIRCASES	NEWEL		F	100
CORBELS		CARVED	G	100
KITCHENS			H	100
FIREPLACES		ARCHED	I	100
BAKERIES			J	100
OVENS			K	100
CHUTES	WATER		L	100
OUTBUILDINGS		REMAINS OF	M	100
STABLES			N	100
COACH-HOUSES			O	100
ARCHES	SEGMENTAL		P	100
DOVECOTS		LEAN-TO	Q	100
RAT-LEDGES		STEPPED	R	100
CROPMARKS	RECTANGULAR	AP VISIBLE	S	100
CROPMARKS	OVAL	AP VISIBLE	T	100