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Land at Wentlooge, Newport 1.1.1 Wentlooge Farmer’s Solar Scheme Ltd March 2020 Land at Wentlooge, Newport Heritage Statement www.savills.co.uk Project: Land at Wentlooge, Newport Client: Wentlooge Farmer’s Solar Scheme Ltd Job Number: 1773 File Origin: Internal Document Checking: Prepared by: Dr Paula Lutescu-Jones Signed: Checked by: Nick Beddoe Signed: Verified by: Dr Paula Lutescu-Jones Signed: i Land at Wentlooge, Newport Heritage Statement Contents 1.0 Introduction ......................................................................................................................................... 4 1.1 Project background .................................................................................................................... 4 1.2 The Site and its wider context..................................................................................................... 4 2.0 Methodology and Guidance ................................................................................................................ 6 2.1 Aims, objectives and scope ........................................................................................................ 6 2.2 Assessment Methodology .......................................................................................................... 6 2.3 Historical and Archaeological Baseline ..................................................................................... 11 3.0 Legislation and Planning Policy ....................................................................................................... 12 3.1 Introduction .............................................................................................................................. 12 3.2 Legislation ............................................................................................................................... 12 4.0 Archaeological and Historical Background ..................................................................................... 19 4.1 Introduction .............................................................................................................................. 19 4.2 Archaeological and Historical Baseline ..................................................................................... 19 4.3 Site Visit................................................................................................................................... 31 5.0 Impact Assessment ........................................................................................................................... 42 5.1 Introduction .............................................................................................................................. 42 5.2 Proposed development ............................................................................................................ 42 5.3 Assessment of Impact .............................................................................................................. 43 6.0 References ......................................................................................................................................... 46 Appendix 1: Summary of factors for determining the importance of known and potential historic assets 47 Appendix 2: Gazetteer of Historic Assets .................................................................................................... 50 Appendix 3: Previous Archaeological Investigations (events) ................................................................... 56 Wentlooge Farmer’s Solar Scheme Ltd March 2020 1 Land at Wentlooge, Newport Heritage Statement Tables Table 1: Definitions of heritage significance/importance ............................................................................................... 9 Table 2: Guidelines for the Assessment of Magnitude of Impact ................................................................................. 10 Figures Figure 1: Aerial view of the Site and its wider environs ........................................................................................................ 5 Figure 2: Maerdy HCLA Map (GGAT) ............................................................................................................................... 22 Figure 3: Western St. Brides HCLA Map (GGAT) .............................................................................................................. 23 Figure 4: Extract from Archwillio (online HER data) showing the locations non-designated historic assets (red) and events (green) ............................................................................................................................................................................ 27 Figure 5: Extracts from the First Edition Ordnance Survey maps of Monmouthshire XXXIII, Published: 1887 and Monmouthshire XXXVIII, Published: 1886 ........................................................................................................................ 29 Figure 6: Extracts from the Second Edition Ordnance Survey maps of Glamorgan XXXVIII, Published: 1922 and Glamorgan XLIIIA, Published: 1922 ................................................................................................................................................... 30 Figure 7: Approximate sight-line from 4km north-west of the Site ....................................................................................... 32 Figure 8: (above) View towards the railway bridge at the north-eastern corner of the Site, and (below) looking south-west along Hawse Lane .................................................................................................................................................................... 33 Figure 9: (above) View westwards from Hawse Lane via gateway, and (below) eastwards from Hawse Lane across the open landscape........................................................................................................................................................................ 34 Figure 10: (above) View west into the Site from Hawse Lane and (below) view south towards Hawse Farm (Hawse Reen in the foreground of both images) ........................................................................................................................................ 35 Figure 11: (above) View south past Hawse Farm along Hawse Lane and Reen and (below) view north-west across Site from Hawse Lane .................................................................................................................................................................... 36 Figure 12: (above) South-eastern corner of the Site from the junction at Hawse lane and the B4239 and (below) View north across the Site from B4239 .............................................................................................................................................. 37 Figure 13: (above) View south-west along the B4239 and (below) north-east showing existing vegetative screening of the Site and reed-filled ditches at the boundaries .......................................................................................................................... 38 Figure 14: (above) Views northwards along Broadway showing existing level of screening, and (below) immediately east from Broadway showing view of Site through gateway .............................................................................................................. 39 Figure 15: (above) Views towards the Site from Ty Mawr Lane and (below) along Ty Mawr Lane looking east and showing existing level of screening ................................................................................................................................................ 40 Figure 16: (above) long-distance views south-west towards the levels from Penylan Lane and (below) to the south-east ... 41 Figure 17: Current site layout ........................................................................................................................................... 42 Wentlooge Farmer’s Solar Scheme Ltd March 2020 2 Land at Wentlooge, Newport Heritage Statement Periods referred to in the text Palaeolithic 900,000 to 10,000 BC Mesolithic 10,000 to 4000 BC Neolithic 4000 to 2200 BC Bronze Age 2200 to 800 BC Iron Age 800 BC to AD 43 Romano-British AD 43 to 410 Anglo-Saxon 410 to 1066 Medieval 1066 to 1540 Post-medieval 1540 to 1700 18th century 1701 to 1799 19th century 1801 to 1900 20th century/Modern 1901 to present Assumptions and Limitations This report is compiled using secondary information derived from a variety of sources, only some have been directly examined. The assumption is made that this data, as well as that derived from other secondary sources, is reasonably accurate. Wentlooge Farmer’s Solar Scheme Ltd March 2020 3 Land at Wentlooge, Newport Heritage Statement 1.0 Introduction 1.1 Project background 1.1.1 Savills (UK) Ltd was commissioned by Wentlooge Farmer’s Solar Scheme Ltd to prepare a Heritage Statement to inform a forthcoming planning application for a proposed renewable energy hub on land at Wentlooge, west of Newport (hereafter, ‘the Site’). 1.1.2 The development will be a Renewable Energy Hub comprising ground mounted solar panels and battery storage units (160 units) with a combined installed generating capacity of up to 125MW. 1.1.3 The proposal includes a ground mounted solar farm with arrays set out in rows and mounted on a framework system which is either screwed or driven in to the ground. The proposals will be temporary
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