Roughfort
| Roughfort | |
| County Antrim | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | J2683 |
| Location: | 54°41’10"N, 6°1’48"W |
| Data | |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Antrim and Newtownabbey |
Roughfort is a small village in County Antrim, within the townland of Craigarogan. At the 2001 it had a population of just 216.
Places of interest
- Roughfort Motte (J27048400) is a scheduled monument. It is a mediæval mound and later was a site of assembly in the Irish Rebellion of 1798, for the United Irishmen under the command of Henry Joy McCracken before the Battle of Antrim on 7 June 1798.
References
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