What is recorded here
Craigarogan held a violent meeting in 1567, marking the site as a battle scar rather than a quiet field. Men bled into Antrim soil during that Post-Medieval clash, turning ordinary ground into a chamber of sudden death and fear. The earth still remembers the noise and motion, preserving the shock of weapons and running feet long after the participants disappeared.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as BATTLE SITE; 1567. Recorded period: POST-MED; C16TH. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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