Camilty Wind Farm - Partnerships for Renewables

Camilty Wind Farm
Application Area
10.2.6 The application area is formed by the site boundary of the proposed wind farm (see Figure
10.1).
Core Study Area
10.2.7 The Core Study Area is formed by a radius of 1.5 km around the boundary of the proposed
wind farm (see Figure 10.1). Figure 10.4 shows historic landscape character areas within the
core study area.
Inner Study Area
10.2.8 The Inner Study Area is formed by a radius of between 1.5 and 5 km around the boundary of
the proposed wind farm (see Figure 10.2). For buried archaeological sites that are recorded
on the WoSAS Historic Environment Record (HER) but not otherwise designated and for
those designated historic environment resources of regional and local significance, the study
area is a circle of 5 km radius centred on the proposed wind farm. A small area within this
radius to the south-east of the proposed wind farm is located within the Scottish Borders
Council Area. It is not considered that the potential for likely significant environmental effects
on a cultural heritage asset of regional or local importance would exist beyond 3 km and on
this basis, and on the basis of a review of Pastmap, data for this area has not been
requested. Only those receptors that fall within the ZTV for the proposed wind farm have
been identified and described.
Outer Study Area
10.2.9 The Outer Study Area is formed by a radius of between 5 and 10 km around the boundary of
the proposed wind farm (see Figure 10.3). Having regard to the nature and scale of the
proposed wind farm, and experience of similar developments, it is considered that the
potential for likely significant adverse effects on designated cultural heritage assets of
international and national significance would be confined to resources within 10 km of the
proposed wind farm. A review of internationally significant assets outside this area has been
undertaken, however.
Desk Assessment
10.2.10 The desk assessment determined how likely it is that any archaeological/cultural heritage
feature may occur at the site, what it is and its historical importance/relevance to the area.
10.2.11 The assessment was based on a preliminary, desk-based, assessment of the likelihood of
the proposed wind farm site to contain archaeological remains and to provide an indication of
what, if any, further work would be required with regard to archaeology.
10.2.12 The primary information resource was a review of the Historic Environment Record. This was
supplemented by relevant published documentary and cartographic material, as appropriate,
including an examination of early cartographic sources and relevant Ordnance Survey
editions, undertaken to identify potential cultural heritage features within and outwith the
application area. Geological maps of the study area were also consulted.
10.2.13 Information on World Heritage Sites (WHS), Scheduled Monuments (SMs), listed buildings,
Inventoried Gardens and Designed Landscapes (GDL) and Inventoried Historic Battlefields
was obtained from Historic Scotland.
March 2013 10-3 ES Chapter 10
Cultural Heritage and Archaeology
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