A Legacy Preserved, Culture Flourished.
Protecting local history, strengthening community life and keeping the stories of Roughfort alive for future generations.
Our community series is underway. Following September’s opening evening with Michael Boyd OBE, two free talks remain at Hydepark War Memorial Orange Hall.
106 Mallusk Road, Mallusk. Free refreshments are provided and no booking is required.
View the programmeWithin a short distance of Roughfort are traces of prehistoric burial, medieval fortification, 1798 memory, nineteenth-century community life and the stories of local people who lived through two world wars.
RHCPS researches these places and stories, protects local memory and helps make the area’s heritage accessible to everyone.
Learn about the Society →Choose a marker to uncover a local place or story. Roughfort is shown in the upper part of the explorer, with Mallusk and Hydepark below, reflecting the local landscape more closely.
A recorded wedge tomb in Craigarogan, also known in the archaeological record as Carn Greine, Granias Grave and Granny’s Grave. It is one of the oldest known heritage sites in the Roughfort landscape.
Explore this story →The recorded site of a medieval church and graveyard at Roughfort/Craigarogan. The old graveyard is also identified on nineteenth-century Ordnance Survey mapping.
Explore this story →The surviving motte is part of the medieval landscape of Roughfort and remains one of the clearest historic features from which the settlement takes its name.
Explore this story →The Northern Ireland Sites and Monuments Record identifies a battle site dated 1567 in the Craigarogan/Roughfort area. RHCPS will treat this as a research point while gathering further documentary context.
Explore this story →Opened in 1898, the hall served worship, meetings, music, remembrance and community life for almost eight decades before the fire of 1977. Its surviving walls remain part of the local landscape.
Explore this story →Historic mapping records a National School and Craigarogan School in 1857 and Roughfort Primary School in 1901. The former schoolhouse also preserves the memory of Lieutenant John Carruth.
Explore this story →A circular cropmark recorded from aerial photography in Craigarogan. Its date and function remain uncertain, making it an important research point rather than a fully interpreted monument.
Explore this story →An elliptical cropmark in Craigarogan recorded from aerial photography. Like the nearby circular cropmark, its archaeological period is currently uncertain.
Explore this story →Mallusk and Hydepark sit lower down the local landscape from Roughfort and are closely tied to the area’s schools, churches, memorials, community organisations and heritage trail.
Explore this story →SMR ANT051:067 records an Early Christian souterrain in Craigarogan/Roughfort, but the site is unlocated. It is therefore deliberately not shown as a precise marker.
A place of worship, politics, music, remembrance and community life for almost eight decades.
Built in 1898, Roughfort Orange Hall served not only its lodge but the wider communities of Roughfort, Mallusk, Hydepark, Kingsmoss and Lylehill.
Today its surviving walls remain a powerful reminder of the people, meetings, missions, dances and wartime gatherings that shaped local life.
Read the hall’s storyBehind every record is a person, place or community story. Select an image to view it more closely.
Recent programmes sit alongside completed projects and heritage research, creating a public record of the Society’s work.
Three community conversations exploring mental health, resilience, sport, leadership and the importance of connection.
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Council support helping RHCPS continue its heritage, education and community work.
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A volunteer-led campaign encouraging motorists to slow down and respect the village.
Read the story →Old photographs, newspaper cuttings, programmes, family stories and local knowledge can all help preserve Roughfort’s history.
If you hold material connected with Roughfort, Hydepark, Craigarogan, Mallusk or the surrounding district, we would be pleased to hear from you.
Share a story or photographRHCPS works with funding bodies, community networks and partner organisations to support heritage, education, cultural activity and community development.
