Stronafian Forest Wind Turbines: Archaeological Desk-based Assessment Project 4130 www.guard-archaeology.co.uk © GUARD Archaeology Limited, June 2015. Stronafian Forest Wind Turbines: Archaeological Desk-based Assessment On behalf of: Colintraive and Glendaruel Development Trust NGR: NS 0187 8431 (centred) Project Number: 4130 Report by: Christine Rennie Illustrations: Fiona Jackson Project Manager: Ronan Toolis Approved by: Date: 25/06/2015 This document has been prepared in accordance with GUARD Archaeology Limited standard operating procedures. GUARD Archaeology Limited 52 Elderpark Workspace 100 Elderpark Street Glasgow G51 3TR Tel: 0141 445 8800 Fax: 0141 445 3222 email:
[email protected] www.guard-archaeology.co.uk © GUARD Archaeology Limited, June 2015. Contents Executive Summary 5 Introduction 5 Legislative Background 6 National Policy Guidelines 6 Local Policy Guidelines 7 Aims and Objectives 9 Methodology for baseline assessment 10 Methodology for the assessment of indirect impacts 10 Archaeological and Historical Background 12 Baseline Assessment 13 Prehistoric and early historic sites 13 Medieval sites 13 Post-medieval and modern sites 14 Vertical Aerial Photographs 16 Previous Archaeological Investigations 16 Walkover Survey 16 Indirect Impact Assessment 16 Conclusions 18 Appendices 21 Appendix A: References 21 Appendix B: Gazetteer Of Cultural Heritage Sites 22 List of Figures Figure 1: Site location 4 Figure 2: Excerpt from Roy’s 1747-55 Military Survey of Scotland 14 Figure 3: Excerpt from Landlands’ 1801 map showing the general area around the Site. 15 Figure 4: Excerpt from 1869 OS 6” to the mile map of Argyllshire, Sheet CLXXII 15 Figure 5: Cultural Heritage sites within ZTV mapping 19 List of Tables Table 1: Sensitivity of Cultural Heritage Features to Setting Effects 11 Table 2: Definitions of Magnitude of Effect 11 Table 3: Matrix for the Assessment of the Significance of Potential Setting Effects 12 Table 4: Indirect Impact Assessment 16 Project 4130: Stronafian Forest Wind Turbines.