What is recorded here

Salterstown rises in Ballymultrea as a post-medieval plantation castle and bawn, still marked as a scheduled village site. The name suggests salt trade or a salter's household, yet no exact owner or date survives in the provided facts. The castle may have guarded a small working town where salt, grain or people moved through County Derry.

The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as PLANTATION CASTLE; BAWN; VILLAGE SITE: SALTERSTOWN or SALTER'S CASTLE. Recorded period: POST-MED. Recorded protection: Scheduled. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.

Built during the 17th century as part of the Ulster Plantation, Salterstown or Salter's Castle was held by English settlers, likely members of the Salter family, and represents the colonial expansion and reorganization of land under James I. Its scheduled status reflects its importance in understanding post-medieval settlement and plantation-era architecture in Northern Ireland.

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