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Salter's Castle is a post-medieval fortified settlement comprising a bawn, castle, and associated village site located in the townland of Salter's Town near Cookstown, County Tyrone. The site represents the plantation-era settlement pattern established during the seventeenth-century colonisation of Ulster, when English and Scottish settlers were granted land under the Ulster Plantation scheme. The physical remains include defensive earthworks characteristic of plantation castles and their associated bawns, which provided fortified enclosures for both domestic and agricultural purposes. This monument type exemplifies the distinctive settlement archaeology of early modern Ulster, reflecting the strategic and social organisation of plantation communities in the region.
Salter's castle, salter'stown. plantation castle, bawn & village site is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 13225. View the official record →
Salter's Castle is a post-medieval fortified settlement comprising a bawn, castle, and associated village site located in the townland of Salter's Town near Cookstown, County Tyrone. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 13225.
Salter's castle, salter'stown. plantation castle, bawn & village site dates from the post-med period, and is classified as a settlement. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Salter's castle, salter'stown. plantation castle, bawn & village site is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Ni. The official designation reference is 13225.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Counterscarp rath (2.8 km), Bivallate rath (2.9 km), Rath (3.7 km).
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