- Roughfort
Roughfort is a small
village inCounty Antrim ,Northern Ireland . In the 2001 Census it had a population of 216 people. It lies within theNewtownabbey 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 ofHenry Joy McCracken before theBattle of Antrim on7 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
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