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  • Haughey's Fort

    Topics:
    • Historic environment, 
    • Archaeology & Monuments

    (near) Creeveroe Road
    Armagh
    BT71 7NJ
    United Kingdom

    Contact

    Phone: 028 9082 3207
    Email: scmenquiries@communities-ni.gov.uk

    Additional Information

    Open to the public: No
    Grid reference: H8351045290
    SM number: ARM 012:013

    About Haughey's Fort

    The Late Bronze Age hillfort is about 350m in diameter, contained originally by three banks and ditches. Excavation of the interior and part of the ditches showed that the fort was actively occupied from about 1170 to 770 BC, at the same time as Navan Fort and King’s Stables were in use. The high quality tools and weapons from the site reinforce the impression of a military society as described in the Ulster Cycle legends. Among the animal bones found (which included the remains of cattle and pigs) were the bones of the largest known dogs of this period in Ireland. The only visible feature is an oval field bank which roughly reflects the innermost circuit.

    Other historic places you can visit:

    • Love Heritage NI
    Haughey's Fort
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