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Buttevant Heritage Group
Medieval Festival 2010 Medieval Conference 2011 Walled Town Day 2011 Walled Town Day 2012 Buttevant has recently been accepted as an official member of the Walled Town Network by  the Heritage Council of Ireland. There are only twenty-two towns in the island of
Ireland who are members of the Walled Town network. We have arrived at this status through three years of
concentrated work in promoting our town's medieval origins through summer Medieval Festivals, Country
Markets and Pub Quizzes. To progress to this status we have also undertaken two professional studies of
our archaeology/architecture/ecology. The first study was undertaken for us by Tobair  Archaeology Services. The findings from this study proved that the
concentration of medieval heritage in Buttevant had the potential to develop as a tourist
product.
The second study, undertaken for us by Eamonn Cotter, Consulting
Archaeologist, gave us the physical evidence of existing medieval walls. The provenance for medieval
mural development was already available through the Pipe Roll of Cloyne. Eamonn, not only found wails
with medieval fabric in a number of areas of the town, he was also able to suggest the most likely line
of the walls which surrounded our town since 1317AD and location of the North and South Gate. This work
lead to our membership of the WTN.
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