Cultural Heritage

THE CULTURAL HERITAGE ASSESSMENT LOOKS AT THE EFFECTS THE DEVELOPMENT MAY HAVE ON ALL ASPECTS OF THE HISTORIC ENVIRONMENT IN THE SURROUNDING AREA SUCH AS POTENTIAL ARCHAEOLOGICAL REMAINS ON THE SITE, HISTORIC BUILDINGS IN THE IMMEDIATE AND WIDER AREA, CONSERVATION AREAS AND REGISTERED HISTORIC PARKS AND GARDENS.

A full walkover and field survey of the site has been completed by an archaeologist. National and local records as well as cartographic sources have also been consulted and aerial photos have been examined. On site, the main archaeological interest is the cairn at Pressendye which shows evidence of being a robbed burial cairn.   A 100m buffer will be created around this monument.   Just off the site near South Brideswell there are hut circles, an enclosure a ring cairn and field system. These will not be directly affected by the development. Full details of the survey and results are presented in the ES.

Historic Scotland requested additional visualisations of some of the cultural heritage sites to better consider the acceptability of the effects of the wind farm on the 'setting' of the sites of interest.  These have been submitted as part of the SEI volume.