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Camilty Wind Farm
Baseline Conditions
10.3.18 A brief summary of the baseline is provided below. Further details are contained in Appendix
10.1. Numbers following the description of the cultural heritage assets in the text below relate
to Figure 10.1.
Application Area (within boundary of proposed wind farm)
10.3.19 There are no World Heritage Sites (WHS), Scheduled Monuments (SMs), Inventoried
Gardens and Designed Landscapes (GDL), Listed Buildings, conservation areas or
Inventoried Battlefields within the boundary of the proposed wind farm.
10.3.20 There are several entries recorded on the HER within the application area, including a
possible enclosure at Camilty Moss (HER number 17933), the site of a possible Cromwellian
fortress in the area (HER number 17943) and the line of a possible Roman Road from
Craiglockhart via Castle Greg to Castledykes (HER number 18248)
10.3.21 Other historic features not recorded on the HER, but marked on historic mapping of the area
include a sheep shelter marked on the first edition OS six-inch map of 1853 at the confluence
of the Powfastle and Crosswood Burns (RPS1).
10.3.22 A further sheep shelter is marked on the first edition OS six-inch map of 1853 in the eastern
part of the proposed wind farm. (RPS2), and ‘keystones’, are marked to the southwest of this
sheep shelter (RPS3). In addition, a footbridge is marked crossing the Powfastle Burn
(RPS4).
10.3.23 The Harburn Tile Works (HER number 50332) is shown on the first edition six-inch OS map
of 1853.
Core Study Area (up to 1.5 km outside boundary of proposed wind farm)
10.3.24 There is a low level scatter of prehistoric artefacts known in the vicinity of the proposed wind
farm. A flint scraper was found in a location immediately south of the A70 road (HER number
17937), while a barbed-and-tanged flint arrowhead was found at Brookbank, some 390
metres east of the boundary of the proposed wind farm (HER number 17938). In addition, a
small, worn Middle Bronze Age flanged axe or chisel has been found while metal detecting
immediately south of the A70 road (HER number 18284).
10.3.25 There are 3 SMs within 1.5 km of the proposed wind farm and within the ZTV. All three are
immediately adjacent to the boundary of the proposed wind farm. They are:
• SM 1933 Camilty Hill, Roman fortlet, Castle Greg;
• SM 1165 Camilty Hill, enclosure, Harburn; and
• SM 11245 Crosswood, cairn 750 m SE of.
10.3.26 There are 4 Category B listed buildings within 1.5 km of the proposed wind farm and within
the ZTV. There are no Category A or Category C Listed Buildings within this radius. The
category B listed buildings comprise a group within the Garden and Designed Landscape at
Harburn House, as described in Appendix 10.1.
10.3.27 There is one Garden and Designed Landscape, Harburn House, located some 730 metres
north of the northern boundary of the proposed wind farm at its nearest point, and within the
ZTV.
March 2013 10-14 ES Chapter 10
Cultural Heritage and Archaeology
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