Local historian Patricia Reilly visited the school to talk to Years 6&7 about The Raw castle

Castle Raw, also known as Castleraw, lies in the countryside east of the village of Loughgall close to Ballyhegan Primary School. Castle Raw was probably built in 1618-19 by Anthony Cope.The castle appears to have been a 3 storied fortified house in cruciform shape built within a square entrenchment.The ruins comprise a semi-basement and 2 upper floors. Only the northern wall of the western wing now stands to approximately original height, the rest of the walling being largely reduced to foundations. The remains are very much overgrown