Roughfort

Roughfort is a small village in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. In the 2001 Census it had a population of 216 people. It lies within the Newtownabbey Borough Council area.

Places of interest

*Roughfort Motte (OS map ref: J27048400) is a scheduled monument. It is a medieval mound and 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

* [http://www.ninis.nisra.gov.uk/ NI Neighbourhood Information System]
* [http://www.newtownabbey.gov.uk/tour/places/roughfort.htm Roughfort Motte]

See also

*List of villages in Northern Ireland
*List of towns in Northern Ireland