10. Rough Fort

Rough Fort is an early Christian period Rath - 1 of approximately 50,000 present in the Irish landscape today.  There are many sites with a prefix of Lis, Rath or Dun in Ireland, Duns were usually fortifications, A Lis usually referred to a site of ritual or worship and a Rath was usually a communal dwelling area. Rough Fort was the first National Trust Property in Northern Ireland and now Dr Curran shall elaborate a little more on the Rough Fort’s colourful history.
Dr Bob Curran:

This is an early Celtic fortification set on the outskirts of Limavady. It probably surrounded a farm settlement in very early Celtic times probably about the beginning of the 1 and 2nd centuries. It is supposedly the haunt of ghosts and faeries and should not be approached after nightfall. During penal times when William King was Anglican Bishop of Derry the fort was used as a place of worship for both, local Catholics and l [...]