Cultural Heritage Eia Report (Volume 2)

CHAPTER 7 CROSS TAY LINK ROAD CULTURAL HERITAGE EIA REPORT (VOLUME 2)

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CULTURAL HERITAGE

Cross Tay Link Road

Revision Date Status Author Technical Checker Approver Number Reviewer P01.1 05.07.19 WORK IN S. B. R. McLEAN R. MCLEAN PROGRESS LANCASTER COLDRICK P01 05.11.19 S4 FOR S. E DANAHER R. McLEAN D. RITCHIE STAGE LANCASTER APPROVAL BIM Reference: 119046-SWECO-EHR-000-RP-EN-20008

This document has been prepared on behalf of Perth and Kinross Council by Sweco for the proposed Cross Tay Link Road Project. It is issued for the party which commissioned it and for specific purposes connected with the above-captioned project only. It should not be relied upon by any other party or used for any other purpose. Sweco accepts no responsibility for the consequences of this document being relied upon by any other party, or being used for any other purpose, or containing any error or omission which is due to an error or omission in data supplied to us by other parties.

Prepared for: Prepared by: Perth and Kinross Council Sweco Pullar House Suite 4.2, City Park 35 Kinnoull Street 368 Alexandra Parade Perth Glasgow PH1 5GD G31 3AU

CONTENTS

7 CULTURAL HERITAGE ...... 1 7.1 Executive Summary ...... 1 7.2 Introduction ...... 2 7.3 Scope of Assessment ...... 2 7.4 Methodology ...... 3 7.5 Baseline Conditions ...... 17 7.6 Potential Effects ...... 37 7.7 Mitigation and Enhancement ...... 43 7.8 Residual Effects ...... 47 7.9 Cumulative Effects ...... 49 7.10 Summary of Effects ...... 51 7.11 Statement of Significance ...... 51

FIGURES

Figure 7.1: Designated Heritage Assets ...... 6 Figure 7.2: Scone Palace Garden and Designed Landscape and ZTV ...... 16 Figure 7.3: Non-Designated Historic Land Use Assessment ...... 20

APPENDICES

Appendix 7.1: Gazetteer Appendix 7.2: Setting Assessment

TABLES

Table 7.1: Value Categories of Heritage Assets ...... 12 Table 7.2: Magnitude of Impacts of the proposed CTLR Project on Heritage Assets...... 13 Table 7.3: Significance of Effects on Heritage Assets ...... 14 Table 7.4: Designated Heritage Assets within the Inner Study Area, Road and Associated Infrastructure ...... 17 Table 7.5: Designated Heritage Assets within the Outer Study Area, Road and Associated Infrastructure ...... 18 Table 7.6: All Recorded Heritage Assets within the Inner Study Area: Road and Associated Infrastructure ...... 31 Table 7.7: All Designated Heritage Assets within the Inner Study Area: Road and Associated Infrastructure ...... 31 Table 7.8: Designated Heritage Assets within the Inner Study Area, River Tay Temporary Access Works ...... 32 Table 7.9: Designated Heritage Assets within the Outer Study Area, River Tay Temporary Access Works ...... 32 Table 7.10: Designated Heritage Assets within the Inner Study Area, Compensatory Planting ...... 34 Table 7.11: Designated Heritage Assets within the Outer Study Area, Compensatory Planting ...... 34 Table 7.12: Construction impacts on Heritage Assets without mitigation – road and associated infrastructure ...... 38 Table 7.13: Construction Access Track impacts on Heritage Assets without mitigation – River Tay Temporary Access Works ...... 39 Table 7.14: Construction impacts on Heritage Assets without mitigation – Compensatory Planting ...... 40 Table 7.15: Significance of Effect, Operational Impacts on Non-Designated Heritage Assets, Inner Study Area ...... 41 Table 7.16: Significance of Effect, Operational Impacts on Designated Heritage Assets, Inner Study Area ...... 41 Table 7.17: Significance of Effect, Operational Impacts, Outer Study Area ...... 42 Table 7.18: Mitigation for the proposed CTLR Project ...... 44 Table 7.19: Mitigation for River Tay Temporary Access Works Options ...... 44 Table 7.20: Residual Effect of Construction Impacts ...... 47

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7 CULTURAL HERITAGE

7.1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) was compiled on the direct and indirect impacts of the proposed Cross Tay Link Road (CTLR) Project on heritage assets. This assessment has been undertaken in accordance with national legislation, national and local government policies, and takes cognisance of the guidance documents of the Chartered Institute for Archaeologists. In order to complete the assessment, Historic Environment Scotland (HES) and Perth and Kinross Heritage Trust (PKHT) were consulted with regard to heritage assets within their respective remits.

The assessment includes a consideration of all direct impacts on all known designated and non- designated cultural heritage assets within the boundary of the proposed CTLR Project. The baseline for the area of the proposed CTLR Project incorporates a study of heritage assets within the area 250m from the centre line of the proposed CTLR Project. It also includes the associated infrastructure, temporary access roads and compensatory planting, also with a 250m buffer, to understand the development of the historic environment and to create a predictive model of the probability for potential buried archaeological remains to exist. In addition to a range of existing sources of data, extensive geophysical surveys and trial trenching were undertaken over the unwooded parts of the proposed CTLR Project. This has greatly strengthened this assessment.

This study concluded that within the proposed CTLR Project there is moderate potential for unknown prehistoric sites. The potential for unknown assets across the proposed CTLR Project is low, with the exception of the following where the potential for assets of the specified periods is moderate:

• prehistoric assets between the eastern bank of the River Tay and Stormontfield Road; • post-medieval assets between Stormontfield Road and the A93; • prehistoric Roman and early medieval assets in the Blairhall area of compensatory planting; and • prehistoric assets in the Cairnton area of compensatory planting.

The predicted significant construction effects consist of adverse effects of moderate significance on the multivallate fort at Broxy Kennels (heritage asset Sweco No. 4 in the gazetteer compiled for the assessment), resulting from the removal of a large part of the asset. This can be mitigated to very slight through a programme of archaeological recording.

The predicted significant operational effects comprise effects of substantial significance on the setting of parts of Scone Palace Garden and Designed Landscape (Scone Palace GDL hereafter) and Grassy Walls Roman Camp Scheduled Monument. In both cases the greatest effect being within the area called Bowman’s Field. Adverse effects of moderate significance are predicted on the setting of one non- designated heritage asset due to the severance of the asset, the multivallate fort at Broxy Kennels. (heritage asset Sweco No. 4 in the gazetteer).

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7.2 INTRODUCTION

The purpose of the assessment is to identify the potential effects of the proposed CTLR Project on the historic environment and its cultural significance within the area in which the development is located. This assessment follows policy and best practice guidance in order to establish a robust and transparent analysis of the issues.

The cultural heritage assets which form the historic environment constitute a finite and non-renewable resource. Direct physical impacts on assets are permanent and irreversible. Some indirect setting impacts are temporary and/or reversible, particularly with respect to those due to construction activity on an infrastructure project.

7.3 SCOPE OF ASSESSMENT

7.3.1 Scope

The key potential effects on cultural heritage associated with the construction and/or operation of the proposed CTLR Project include:

• Direct effects through partial or complete removal during ground breaking operations on known or currently undiscovered buried remains of archaeological interest; • Indirect effects on the settings of cultural heritage assets, including those resulting from intervisibility between a cultural heritage asset and the proposed CTLR Project; and • Cumulative effects on settings of cultural heritage assets with other existing or proposed schemes or developments.

The permanent elements of the proposed CTLR Project, (i.e. the roads, roundabouts at Stormontfield Road, the A93, Highfield Track and the A94, the grade separated junction with the A9 and compensatory planting1) may have permanent direct impacts on buried archaeological remains, both within the footprint of these elements and in the immediate vicinity within working areas. This is reflected in the proposed impact assessment methodology, specifically the proposed Inner Study Area (250m).

The permanent elements also have the potential for permanent setting impacts. As the baseline section notes, the proposed CTLR Project traverses the Scone Palace GDL (GDL00338) and is situated in close proximity to a number of Scheduled Monuments. Impacts on designated assets through changes in setting are currently deemed to be the most likely source of significant impacts on the historic environment.

The temporary elements of the proposed CTLR Project, e.g. construction compounds and temporary access routes, may also have permanent direct impacts on buried archaeological remains. Most of these elements are included within the extents as detailed in the redline boundary (RLB) for the project and are already taken into account in the proposed Inner Study Area.

Temporary construction access to the River Tay Crossing Bridge will also be required (refer to Chapter 2: Project Description for further information). Three options were considered, including taking a temporary bridge over the River Almond and across the Bertha Roman Fort Scheduled Monument (SM2403) (Option 1), crossing the Highland Mainline Railway from the current A9 (Option 2), and a temporary road from Luncarty southwards across the fields to the bridge site (Option 3).

An options appraisal was undertaken for the three options2. The different options are fully described in Chapter 2: Project Description. On this basis and subsequent discussions with stakeholders including HES and the Council, Option 1 (the southern access option) was identified as the preferred option. Detailed proposals for this option are being prepared in conjunction with HES. The potential impacts of the other options have also been assessed in order to ensure that in the event that the preferred option

1 Indicative locations have been discussed with the relevant landowners and will be agreed through the Compulsory Purchase Order (CPO) process 2 Sweco. River Tay Crossing Bridge Construction Access Options Appraisal, Stage 3, 2018

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should not be feasible the other options remain potentially available. The assessment of potential impacts as a result of the construction access routes, uses the same methodology as the impact assessment methodology for the proposed CTLR Project.

7.3.2 Consultation

As part of the proposed CTLR Project, a considerable amount of consultation has been undertaken with the key Statutory stakeholders such as HES and with Non-Statutory stakeholders such as PKHT. This consultation is detailed in Chapter 5: Consultation and Scoping and its associated appendices. The consultation can be divided into the following areas:

• Methodology; • Route variations; and • Potential impacts on designated heritage assets, particularly Bertha Fort Scheduled Monument (SM2403).

HES are broadly content with the approach to assessment outlined at scoping, noting that the parallel studies undertaken to assess cultural heritage and landscape issues have separate purposes, particularly with regard to the assessment of potential impacts on Scone Palace GDL: this has been taken into account within this assessment.

PKHT are also content with the approach to assessment, including the use of geophysics and trial trenching at this stage, but note the areas that have not been trenched due to the presence of woodland would need to be trenched as part of future works. This has been noted, and such works would be incorporated into future investigations.

HES indicated that changes in the proposed scheme were generally acceptable, while noting that some alignment changes brought the route of the proposed CTLR Project closer to Grassy Walls Roman Camp (SM4072).

HES noted that the proposed temporary route (Option 1) over Bertha Fort Scheduled Monument (SM2403) would need to be fully assessed, and that a design that caused impacts to the fort would be contrary to national policy. The policy states that where a proposed development could adversely impact a Scheduled Monument, it would only be permitted where there are exceptional circumstances (Paragraph 145 of Scottish Planning Policy (SPP), see below). Therefore, a road and bridge design, and associated construction methods, which would avoid any adverse impacts on the scheduled area has been prepared.

7.4 METHODOLOGY

7.4.1 Legislation and Guidance

The key pieces of legislation that cover the historic environment with respect to terrestrial planning are as follows:

• Historic Buildings and Ancient Monuments Act 1953; • Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979; and • Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) (Scotland) Act 1997 as amended by the Historic Environment (Amendment) (Scotland) Act 2011.

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7.4.2 National Policy

The key national policies are:

• Scottish Planning Policy 2014, paragraphs 136-151; • Statutory Instrument No 102 Town and Country Planning (EIA Scotland) Regulations 2017; • Historic Environment Circular 1 2016; and • Historic Environment Statement 2016.

7.4.3 Local Planning Policy

The Perth and Kinross Local Development Plan 2 (2019 – expected to be adopted by the end of the year), has the following key relevant policies are:

• Policy 26A: Scheduled Monuments; • Policy 26B: Archaeology; • Policy 27A; Listed Buildings; • Policy 28A: Conservation Areas: New Development; • Policy 29: Gardens and Designed Landscapes

TAYplan Strategic Development Plan also makes reference to the historic environment in Policy 2A with respect to Place-led Planning and in Policy 9C with regard to safeguarding the integrity of natural and historic assets.

7.4.4 Guidance

The key guidance documents referred to are:

• Managing Change in the Historic Environment: Setting. Historic Environment Scotland 2016; and • Standard and Guidance for Historic Environment Desk Based Assessment. Chartered Institute for Archaeologists 2014.

Due cognisance has also been taken of the Environmental Impact Assessment Handbook, Scottish National Heritage and Historic Environment Scotland, 2018.

7.4.5 Approach

The broad approach to the assessment of potential impacts follows guidance set out in the DMRB assessment handbook, as an approach suitable for road developments. This approach is modified with reference to more recently issued guidance, especially Managing Change in the Historic Environment: Setting (HES, 2016) and also takes note of the content of the Environmental Impact Assessment Handbook (Scottish National Heritage and Historic Environment Scotland, 2018).

7.4.6 Study Areas

The cultural heritage assessment has employed two study areas. The Inner Study Area comprises the RLB of the proposed CTLR Project and an area of 250m surrounding the centreline of the proposed CTLR Project. Similarly, the Inner Study Area for the potential temporary roads and compensatory planting is based on the footprint of these developments and an area of 250m surrounding them. It should be noted that the compensatory planting areas are indicative and may be subject to change. This study area has allowed the development of the local historic environment to be understood, and on this basis the assessment of the value of known cultural heritage assets located in proximity to the proposed route, temporary roads and compensatory planting. This in turn has facilitated, the assessment of potential for currently unknown assets to be present within these areas.

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An Outer Study Area comprising an area from the boundary of the Inner Study Area to 1km from the proposed CTLR Project and associated developments will be used to identify designated cultural heritage assets of national importance for the purposes of assessment of potential impacts on the setting of these assets.

Assessment of the potential indirect effects on setting will be carried out on all the assets within the Inner Study Area, and on designated cultural heritage assets of national importance within the Outer Study Area. The extents of the Study Areas are shown in Figure 7.1.

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Legend *# *# Proposed CTLR Project ± Inner Study Area Outer Study Area

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GDL: Sweco, Suite 4/2, City Park, 368 Alexandra Parade *# Methven Glasgow, G31 3AU, Tel: +44 (0)141 414 1700 *# *# Castle Client *#*# *# *# *# Project *# *# *# Cross Tay Link Road *# *# Drawing Title SM8755 *# Figure 7.1 Designated Heritage Sites SM3630 SM3630 Page 1 of 4 SM90164 Scale @ A3 1:17,500 SM8755 Project No. 119046 Status S2 *# BIM No. 119046-SWECO-EGN-000-DR-GS-20019 SM2267 SM3630 This drawing should not be relied on or used in circumstances other than those for which it was SM3630 originally prepared and for which Sweco UK Limited was commissioned. Sweco UK Limited SM3630 accepts no responsibility for this drawing to any party other than the person by whom it was Reproduced by permission of Ordnance Survey on behalf of HMSO. © Crown copyright and database rights 2019 OS 100016971. Use of this data is subject to terms and conditions. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains Historic Environment Scotland commissioned. Any party which breaches the provisions of this disclaimer shall indemnify Sweco and Ordnance Survey data © Historic Environment Scotland - Scottish Charity No. SC045925 © Crown copyright and database right 2019 UK Limited for all loss or damage arising therefrom. *# Legend SM3402 Proposed CTLR Project *# ± Inner Study Area *# Outer Study Area Compensatory Planting Area Gardens and Designed Landscapes (GDL) G*#DL: Battleby Scheduled Monument (SM) *# ! Battle of Luncarty Listed Building (Category) *# A *# B Battle of *# C Luncarty SM4072 *# SM1556 *# SM6932

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This drawing should not be relied on or used in circumstances other than those for which it was SM3630 originally prepared and for which Sweco UK Limited was commissioned. Sweco UK Limited *# accepts no responsibility for this drawing to any party other than the person by whom it was Reproduced by permission of Ordnance Survey on behalf of HMSO. © Crown copyright and database rights 2019 OS 100016971. Use of this data is subject to terms and conditions. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains Historic Environment Scotland commissioned. Any party which breaches the provisions of this disclaimer shall indemnify Sweco and Ordnance Survey data © Historic Environment Scotland - Scottish Charity No. SC045925 © Crown copyright and database right 2019 *#*# UK Limited for all loss or damage arising therefrom. *# *# SM6706 Legend SM3402 Proposed CTLR Project ± Inner Study Area Outer Study Area Compensatory Planting Area Gardens and Designed Landscapes (GDL) Scheduled Monument (SM) ! Battle of Luncarty Listed Building (Category) *# A *# B *# C

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Project *# *# Cross Tay Link Road *## *# Drawing Title Figure 7.1 Designated Heritage Sites *# Page 3 of 4 Scale @ A3 1:17,500 *# Project No. 119046 Status S2 BIM No. 119046-SWECO-EGN-000-DR-GS-20019

This drawing should not be relied on or used in circumstances other than those for which it was originally prepared and for which Sweco UK Limited was commissioned. Sweco UK Limited accepts no responsibility for this drawing to any party other than the person by whom it was Reproduced by permission of Ordnance Survey on behalf of HMSO. © Crown copyright and database rights 2019 OS 100016971. Use of this data is subject to terms and conditions. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains Historic Environment Scotland commissioned. Any party which breaches the provisions of this disclaimer shall indemnify Sweco and Ordnance Survey data © Historic Environment Scotland - Scottish Charity No. SC045925 © Crown copyright and database right 2019 UK Limited for all loss or damage arising therefrom. GDL: *# SM11143 Stobhall Legend SM7181 Proposed CTLR Project ± Inner Study Area Outer Study Area Compensatory Planting Area Gardens and Designed Landscapes (GDL) Scheduled Monument (SM) ! Battle of Luncarty

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Scale @ A3 1:17,500 SM3402 Project No. 119046 Status S2 BIM No. 119046-SWECO-EGN-000-DR-GS-20019

This drawing should not be relied on or used in circumstances other than those for which it was originally prepared and for which Sweco UK Limited was commissioned. Sweco UK Limited accepts no responsibility for this drawing to any party other than the person by whom it was Reproduced by permission of Ordnance Survey on behalf of HMSO. © Crown copyright and database rights 2019 OS 100016971. Use of this data is subject to terms and conditions. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains Historic Environment Scotland commissioned. Any party which breaches the provisions of this disclaimer shall indemnify Sweco and Ordnance Survey data © Historic Environment Scotland - Scottish Charity No. SC045925 © Crown copyright and database right 2019 UK Limited for all loss or damage arising therefrom. CHAPTER 7 CROSS TAY LINK ROAD CULTURAL HERITAGE EIA REPORT (VOLUME 2)

7.4.7 Data Sources

The baseline study that provides an overview of the historic environment within the study areas is based on the following:

• Consultation of the Perth and Kinross Historic Environment Record (HER); • Consultation of the National Record of the Historic Environment (Canmore)(The full gazetteer based on these two sources forms Appendix 7.1); • Historical map regression using historical mapping sources over the Inner Study Area to identify changes in / development of the historic landscape; • Review of available Historic Landscape Characterisation of the Inner Study Area; • Review of aerial photographs of the Inner Study Area (National Collection of Aerial Photography, Edinburgh); • Review of relevant geotechnical data; • Review of data gathered in the earlier stages of the proposed CTLR Project; • Results of archaeological monitoring of geotechnical investigations along the proposed CTLR Project3 (12 - 23 March 2018 (full report forms Appendix 7.2); • Results of archaeological geophysical survey undertaken along the proposed CTLR Project (13 - 20 March 2018 (full report forms Appendix 7.2); • Preliminary results of archaeological evaluation trenching undertaken along the proposed CTLR Project (4 - 25 March 2019) (full report forms Appendix 7.2); • Readily available published sources; • Online data on designated assets; and • Walkover survey.

In accordance with DMRB guidance, the baseline study subdivides assets into archaeological remains, historic buildings and historic landscapes4. The impact assessment is subdivided in the same way. The records from these various sources of the historic buildings and archaeological remains within the Inner Study Area have been combined to form a single gazetteer.

7.4.8 Site Inspection

A walkover survey of the unforested portions of the proposed CTLR Project alignment was undertaken on 21 May 2018. This did not reveal any previously unknown cultural heritage assets. Information from the survey concerning the current condition of the locations of known cultural heritage assets is incorporated into the desk-based study, as are observations on topography, elevation, aspect and other relevant points when considering/assessing the potential for the existence of unknown buried archaeological sites.

Inspections have also been undertaken to assess the settings of designated heritage assets. The cultural heritage assets inspected have been selected on the basis of visualisations carried out as part of the Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment (Chapter 8), information noted during the initial walkover survey and an examination of aerial imagery and historical mapping, as well as being based on the intrinsic nature of the potentially affected cultural heritage asset. This ensures that the greatest potential effects have been assessed.

7.4.9 Assessment of Effects

Introduction

Assessment of effects has been assessed in the following stages:

• Description of asset (baseline) (where appropriate, assets may be addressed in related groups);

3 BAM Ritchies (2018) Cross Tay Link Road Ground Investigation Report 311Y 4 The Highways Agency (1993) Design Manual for Roads and Bridges, Volume 11, Section 3, Part 2 HA208/07: Cultural Heritage. Guildford, Highways England

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• Assessment of value, and for indirect effects, how the setting of the asset contributes to its value; • Assessment of the magnitude of effects caused by the proposed CTLR Project, taking into account the sensitivity of the asset to that form of change; and • An assessment of the significance of the effects, which has been considered in the following stages: construction, operation and decommissioning (the latter with regard to temporary access and infrastructure).

These assessments have been carried out using professional judgement taking into account designations and value as assessed against standards derived from national policy (refer to Section 7.4.2). Significance of effect has been assessed on a combination of value and magnitude of impact.

Impacts may be caused by the proposed CTLR Project where it changes the baseline condition of either the asset itself or its setting.

In accordance with Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Regulations 5, the assessment identifies impacts and effects as either direct or indirect, adverse or beneficial, and short-term, long-term or permanent. Direct impacts are those which physically alter an asset and therefore its value; for the purposes of this assessment indirect impacts are those which affect the value of an asset by causing change within its setting.

Direct effects on the value of assets have been assessed on the basis of a combination of the value of the affected asset (where known), the probability of further assets being located within the affected areas and their likely value, and the magnitude of impact on those assets to be caused by the implementation of the proposed CTLR Project.

Indirect effects on the value of heritage assets have been identified and assessed with reference to guidance from HES (refer to Section 7.4.4). Assessment has been carried out in the following stages:

• initial consideration of inter-visibility and other factors leading to the identification of potentially affected assets; • assessment of the value of potentially affected assets; • assessment of the contribution of the setting to the value of those assets; • assessment of the magnitude of impact of the proposed CTLR Project due to causing change within the setting of the assets; and • prediction of the significance of the effect.

Assessment of Value

Heritage asset value have been assessed using professional judgement, with reference to Table 7.1 which has been devised with reference to HES policy and guidance (see Section 7.4.3 and 7.4.4). Assessment of value made by local authority Historic Environment Records (HERs) were taken into account where available. The value of a heritage asset is based on its qualities, including intrinsic, contextual and associative characteristics, such as age, state of preservation and level of supporting knowledge. These characteristics are independent of the differing potential impacts on the heritage assets. Table 7.1 shows the potential levels of value of an asset related to designation status and grading, and, where non-designated, to a scale of Highest to Negligible importance. This table acts as an aid to consistency in the exercise of professional judgement and provides transparency for others in evaluating the conclusions reached by this assessment.

5 The Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Scotland) Regulations 2017

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Table 7.1: Value Categories of Heritage Assets

Value Criteria/Explanation

Heritage assets of international value: Highest • World Heritage Sites

Heritage assets of national value, such as:

• Scheduled Monuments; High • Category A Listed Buildings; • GDLs included on the national inventory; • Battlefields included on the national inventory; and • Non-designated assets of equivalent value.

Heritage assets of regional value, such as:

• Category B listed buildings; Medium • Most Conservation Areas; and • Non-designated assets of equivalent value.

Heritage assets of local value, such as:

Low • Category C listed buildings; and • Non-designated assets of equivalent value.

Negligible Sites of minor importance or with little asset remaining to justify a higher value.

Unknown Further information needed to assess the value of these assets.

The criteria for assigning value include: the archaeological period to which the heritage asset belongs; its rarity; the level of documentation concerning the asset; the value of association with other sites; the preservation condition; and the chronological and typological diversity of the asset.

Contribution of Setting to Value

Setting is ‘the way the surroundings of a historic asset or place contribute to how it is understood, appreciated and experienced’ (HES, 2016).

The surroundings of each heritage asset or heritage asset group is described, considering aspects such as:

• location and orientation of the heritage asset; • obvious views or vistas, both towards and from an asset; • inter-visibility to other contemporaneous and related heritage assets; • additional screening through small scale topographic variation and vegetation; • integrity of the setting; • how much change to the historic setting has occurred; and • current land use (including operational roads, railways and other sources of visual movement nearby and modern intrusive conifer plantations).

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All these aspects are considered in relation to how they affect the understanding, appreciation and experience of the heritage asset.

Once the setting of each heritage asset or heritage asset group has been defined and assessed, the aspects of the setting which contribute to their value are identified. This is not quantified on a scale but has been used to assist the assessment of the magnitude of impact due to change in setting.

Magnitude of Impact

The changes could potentially include direct change (e.g. ground disturbance), and indirect change (e.g. visible change, noise, vibration, traffic movements). Impacts may be beneficial or adverse, and may be short term, long term or permanent. The scale and mass of the proposed CTLR Project would form part of this potential change. Magnitude of impact has been assessed with reference to the criteria set out in Table 7.2.

Table 7.2: Magnitude of Impacts of the proposed CTLR Project on Heritage Assets

Value Explanation

Considerably enhance the heritage significance of the affected asset, or the High Beneficial ability to appreciate it.

Enhance to a clearly discernible extent the heritage significance of the Medium Beneficial affected asset, or the ability to appreciate it.

Enhance to a minor extent the heritage significance of the affected asset, or Low Beneficial the ability to appreciate it.

Enhance to a very minor extent the heritage significance of the affected Very Low Beneficial asset, or the ability to appreciate it.

Not affect, or would have harmful and enhancing effects of equal magnitude, Neutral/Nil on the heritage significance of the affected asset, or the ability to appreciate it.

Erode to a very minor extent the heritage significance of the affected asset, Very Low Adverse or the ability to appreciate it.

Erode to a minor extent the heritage significance of the affected asset, or the Low Adverse ability to appreciate it.

Erode to a clearly discernible extent the heritage significance of the affected Medium Adverse asset, or the ability to appreciate it.

Severely erode the heritage significance of the affected asset, or the ability High Adverse to appreciate it.

Significance of Effect

The significance of effect is presented in Table 7.3 below. This provides a matrix that relates the value to the magnitude of impact (incorporating contribution from setting where relevant), in order to establish the likely significance of effect. This assessment is undertaken separately for direct effects and indirect effects, the latter being principally concerned with effects on setting.

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Table 7.3: Significance of Effects on Heritage Assets

Heritage Asset Value Impact Magnitude and Type Highest High Medium Low Negligible

High Beneficial Substantial Substantial Moderate Slight Very Slight

Medium Beneficial Substantial Moderate Slight Very Slight Negligible

Low Beneficial Moderate Slight Very Slight Very Slight Negligible

Very Low Beneficial Slight Very Slight Negligible Negligible Negligible

Neutral/Nil Neutral/None Neutral/None Neutral/None Neutral/None Neutral/None

Very Low Adverse Slight Very Slight Negligible Negligible Negligible

Low Adverse Moderate Slight Very Slight Very Slight Negligible

Medium Adverse Substantial Moderate Slight Very Slight Negligible

High Adverse Substantial Substantial Moderate Slight Very Slight

7.4.10 Zone of Theoretical Visibility (ZTV) Analysis

Assessment of visual impact has been assisted with the aid of a ZTV model, prepared principally for the Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment (Chapter 8) (shown in Figure 7.2). The ZTV modelling methodology is set out in detail in Chapter 8: Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment. In summary, it maps the predicted degree of visibility of the proposed CTLR Project from all points within a study area around the site, as would be seen from an observer’s eye level 1.6m above the ground.

The ZTVs were modelled using a computer-based visibility analysis package compiled using Ordnance Survey Digital Terrain Model (DTM) data. Two types of ZTV were produced: a ‘bare ground’ scenario (Figure 8.5), based on landform only, which takes no account of the screening effects of local features such as buildings or vegetation; and a ZTV that has taken account of screening by some surveyed woodland blocks within a focused study area that included the GDL (Figure 8.6).

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7.5 BASELINE CONDITIONS

7.5.1 Road and Associated Infrastructure: Designated Heritage Assets

There are no inventoried battlefields, conservation areas, properties in care or world heritage sites within either of the study areas for the road and associated infrastructure.

Within the Inner Study Area there are three category B listed buildings, one category C listed building, six Scheduled Monuments and one GDL (as listed in Table 7.4 and shown in Figure 7.1).

Table 7.4: Designated Heritage Assets within the Inner Study Area, Road and Associated Infrastructure

Index Title Designation Category Number Almond Bridge, on existing A9 over River Almond Listed Building LB17903 B

Belvedere House Listed Building LB17904 B

Balboughty Steading Listed Building LB18377 B

Balboughty House Listed Building LB18378 C

Lochton House, enclosure 350m ESE of Scheduled Monument SM6722 N/A

Lochton House, ring-ditch 390m SE of Scheduled Monument SM6946 N/A

Grassy Walls, Roman camp and prehistoric Scheduled Monument SM4072 N/A settlement, Sheriffton

Blairhall, barrow cemetery and cursus S of Scheduled Monument SM6932 N/A

Gold Castle, enclosure 200m SW of Donald's Scheduled Monument SM7572 N/A Bank

Bertha, Roman fort Scheduled Monument SM2403 N/A

Scone Palace GDL GDL00338 N/A

Within the Outer Study Area there are three category A listed buildings, 13 category B listed buildings, six category C listed buildings, seven Scheduled Monuments, and one GDL. These numbers exclude designated heritage assets that are present within both Inner and Outer Study Areas. The designated heritage assets within the Outer Study Area are listed in Table 7.5 and shown in Figure 7.1.

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Table 7.5: Designated Heritage Assets within the Outer Study Area, Road and Associated Infrastructure

Index Title Designation Category Number Scone Palace, including terraces Listed Building LB18370 A Scone Palace Mortuary Chapel, Boot (or Moot) Hill Listed Building LB18371 A Scone Palace, Cross of Old Scone Listed Building LB19876 A Redgorton Parish Church Listed Building LB17901 B Battleby House Listed Building LB17905 B Scone New Church, Perth Road, New Scone Listed Building LB18363 B New Scone, Abbey Road, Robert Douglas Memorial Listed Building LB18365 B Institute (former school) and 22 Mansfield Road 20 Murrayshall Road, New Scone Listed Building LB18368 B 19 Lynedoch Road, New Scone Listed Building LB18369 B Scone Palace, Gateway and boundary wall of old place Listed Building LB18372 B Medieval coffin and other fragments Listed Building LB18373 B Scone Palace Bridge on Queen’s Drive over Catmoor Listed Building LB18374 B Burn Scone Palace Queen’s Bridge over Catmoor Burn Listed Building LB18375 B Scone Palace Stables Listed Building LB18376 B Blairhall, Farmhouse Listed Building LB18379 B Main Stand, Perth Racecourse, Scone Palace Park Listed Building LB52137 B Redgorton Churchyard Listed Building LB17902 C Luncarty House (Main block only) Listed Building LB17922 C Scone, new church hall, Abbey Road, New Scone Listed Building LB18364 C 12 Mansfield Road, New Scone Listed Building LB18366 C 11 Mansfield Road, New Scone Listed Building LB18367 C Luncarty, Marshall Way, Luncarty Home Farm Listed Building LB19487 C Steading, including horse mill and boundary wall Scheduled Balgarvie, unenclosed settlement 350m ESE of SM6947 N/A Monument Scheduled New Scone, Stone Circle, Grey Stanes SM1579 N/A Monument Scheduled Bonhard Park, unenclosed settlement SE of SM6708 N/A Monument Mill of Bonhard, unenclosed settlement and standing Scheduled SM6711 N/A stone 200m S of Monument Scheduled Shianbank, stone circles and pillboxes 325m E of SM2314 N/A Monument Scheduled Sheriffton, barrow cemetery 200m NE of SM6723 N/A Monument King's Stone, standing stone 90m SE of Denmarkfield Scheduled SM1556 N/A Farm Monument

Battleby House GDL GDL00050 N/A

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7.5.2 Known Heritage Assets within the Inner Study Area: Road and Associated Infrastructure Historic Land Use Assessment

Much of the proposed CTLR Project alignment and associated infrastructure lies within the designated Scone Palace GDL. To be able to assess the full length of the route, it has been split into four sections (A to D) and this is shown on Figure 7.3 With regards to the Scone Palace GDL, it is included in Section B from the eastern bank of the River Tay, is within all of Section C and within Section D until the eastern edge of the Highfield Plantation (see Figures 7.1 and 7.2). The historic landscape of the Scone Palace GDL as a coherent whole will be considered in detail in the Outer Study Area section, as more of it lies within the Outer Study Area. Those elements that do lie within the Inner Study Area are considered here in terms of the individual historic landscape assessment units identified in the HES Historic Landscape Assessment (HLA).

The largest single component of the historic landscape in Section A consists of rectilinear fields and associated farms (Figure 7.3). The layout of this pattern of fields has largely evolved from the agricultural improvements of the 18th Century, with some consolidation of fields over more recent times. Land relating to the HLA category of late 20th Century transport, which consists of the current A9, bisects Section A. There are also three areas of managed woodland, the origins of which are thought to date to the 18th Century as well. Built up areas are mapped to the north (Redgorton) and southwestern corner of the Inner Study Area (Inveralmond Industrial Estate). Built up areas are also towards the southern end of Section A as is the area of recreational woodland to the north of the River Almond, which includes areas of former forestry enclosure.

The main component of the historic landscape in Section B, concentrated towards the western part of the section, also consists of former parkland, now agricultural land, parts of which have been cultivated from the later 19th Century onwards, with the area of tree removal for cultivation gradually extending over the course of the early 20th Century, and tree loss accelerating over the course of the mid to later 20th Century (Figure 7.3). Within this HLA category, the westernmost portion is thought to have traces of prehistoric and medieval or post-medieval cultivation systems, only surviving as crop marks. The north-eastern part of Section B consists of areas of managed woodland and plantations, dating from the 20th century, but incorporating earlier plantation enclosures of the 18th or 19th Centuries. The south-eastern part of Section B consists of modern recreational land (i.e. a caravan park) and an area of designed landscape, consisting of woodland, mapped in the 1864 OS 1st Edition mapping, perhaps dating to the nineteenth century attempts to reforest parts of the parkland to reverse the effects of a deeply unsatisfactory attempt to ‘embellish’ the park in the late 18th century, resulting in the loss of many trees6.

The largest component of the historic landscape in Section C consists of rectilinear fields and associated farms (Figure 7.3), with the basic layout of fields largely dating from the agricultural improvements of the 18th century. This HLA category is spread across the entire section. The next largest HLA category area is an area of designed landscape in the southwestern part of the section, probably planted in first half of the 19th Century, forming part of the same area of designed landscape discussed above with respect to Section B. Areas of managed woodland, including a former plantation enclosure known from historical mapping immediately adjacent to Stormontfield Road, and managed woodland incorporating the parkland feature known as the Roundel approximately 150m to the east of this.

Approximately half of the area of Section D consists of areas of managed woodland and plantation forestry, occupying the central part of the section (Figure 7.3). These areas of woodland also contain areas of plantation enclosure dating to the 18th and 19th Centuries. Most of the rest of Section D consists of rectilinear fields and associated farms, with the basic layout of fields largely dating from the agricultural improvements of the 18th Century, with some amalgamation of fields, particularly during the 20th century. Those rectilinear fields to the west of Highfield Plantation, and the plantation itself, form part of the Scone Palace GDL. The south-eastern end of the study area also contains built-up areas, forming part of Scone, incorporating both a 19th Century area and a 20th Century extension of the area of settlement.

6 HES designation document - http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/GDL00338

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Archaeological Remains

The archaeological monitoring of the geotechnical investigations (12 - 23 March 2018) did not reveal any archaeological remains (BAM Ritchies, 2018). The findings of the geophysical survey (13 - 20 March 2018 and trial trenching (4 - 25 March 2019) have been incorporated into the baseline and gazetteer, with the full report included in Appendix 7.2. The locations of the archaeological remains in the gazetteer are shown in Figure 7.4.

Section A

Sixteen of the heritage assets within Section A of the Inner Study Area (Figure 7.4) are archaeological remains. Of these, two are within the footprint of the road and associated infrastructure (Sweco No. 3, 4). The results of the trial trenching indicate that one site, identified from HER and Canmore data (MPK 2090, Canmore 26778) as a possible ring ditch (south of Sweco No. 4), does not exist.

Heritage assets dating to the prehistoric period include two finds of polished axeheads (Sweco No. 1, 18) dating to the Neolithic, possible cairn cemeteries near Luncarty (Sweco No. 2, 64), a possible unenclosed settlement near Redgorton (Sweco No. 7), probably dating to the Bronze or Iron Age, the multivallate fort near Broxy Kennels, which incorporates a souterrain, the fort probably dating to the Iron Age (Sweco No. 4) and a possible ring ditch and round house near Bertha (Sweco No. 14). In addition, a number of undated assets have forms that may indicate a prehistoric date, including enclosures (Sweco No. 3, 21).

The two Roman heritage assets within Section A of the Inner Study Area are Bertha Fort (Sweco No. 20), also a Scheduled Monument (SM2403) and a cremation cemetery to the south of the fort (Sweco No. 68). Finds recovered through fieldwalking indicate the fort had both Antonine and Flavian era occupations. Limited excavation work and comprehensive geophysical survey indicate considerable survival of features across the area of the fort. The possible remains of embankments survive towards the southern edge of the scheduled area.

The only possible heritage asset of Early Medieval date known to occur within Section A (Figure 7.4) of the Inner Study Area is a former standing stone, toppled and buried during the 20th century (Sweco No. 11). The earliest descriptions suggest it may have been a symbol stone, indicating Pictish cultural affiliation: more recent excavation of the stone has not found evidence of carving, so the date of the standing stone can only be tentatively suggested.

No archaeological heritage assets within Section A of the Inner Study Area can be clearly dated to the Medieval or Post-Medieval periods.

The only archaeological heritage assets dating to the Modern period consists of three milestones, all thought to date to the 19th Century (Sweco No. 5, 8, 13), and a field boundary (Sweco No. 10), dated to the Modern period on the basis of aligning with historically mapped trees.

Section B

The 12 heritage assets within Section B of the Inner Study Area are archaeological remains as shown on Figure 7.4. Of these three are within the footprint of the road and associated infrastructure (Sweco No. 16, 25, 52).

Two heritage assets are definitely dated to the Prehistoric period, and one is probably dated to this period. These consist of a possible ploughed out barrow and enclosure, called Gold Castle after the apparent discovery of gold coins in the 18th century which is also a Scheduled Monument (Sweco No. 17, SM7572), a nearby isolated find of a saddle quern (pre-5th Century BC) at Sherrifton (Sweco No. 23) and a probable area of prehistoric activity near Sherrifton Mains, identified by aerial photography, appearing to consist of a possible unenclosed settlement, a linear feature, a pit alignment, a pit cluster and souterrain (Sweco No. 36) These apparent features lie within the larger area of the Grassy Walls Roman camp and forms part of that Scheduled Monument (SM4072). Also, a charcoal rich pit containing Bronze Age pottery was revealed during trial trenching for the proposed scheme (Sweco No. 82), which lies within the HER extent

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of Grassy Walls Roman camp, but outside the scheduled area. In addition, an undated pit also revealed during trial trenching (Sweco No. 81) is thought to also be of prehistoric date.

Two heritage assets are dated to the Roman period: Grassy Walls Roman camp (Sweco No. 24, SM4072) and a section of Roman road (Sweco No. 52) thought to cross the area of the proposed CTLR Project, though no traces of the road have been found during trial trenching. The large size of the camp indicates its use for the accommodation of an entire field army, and it is thought to have been in use during the Severan campaigns (AD208-211). As the name of the site implies, sections of the defensive embankments survive to some height in places, together with their associated ditches, particularly in the north-eastern and north-western parts of the site, which lie outside of the Inner Study Area. An earthwork near the eastern bank of the River Tay has also been tentatively dated to the Roman Period (Sweco No. 16).

There are no archaeological heritage assets that are known to date to the Early Medieval or Medieval period within Section B of the Inner Study Area.

One archaeological heritage asset is dated to the Post Medieval period, the site of the former parish church at Scone is that of the church built in 1784, which was abandoned and some of its materials used for the construction of the parish church in New Scone in 1804-1805 (Sweco No. 30). There are no archaeological heritage assets dating to the modern period in Section B of the Inner Study Area.

There are three records of archaeological heritage assets that are undated within Section B of the Inner Study Area (Sweco No. 25, 26, 29).

Section C

There are four archaeological heritage assets within Section C of the Inner Study Area as shown on Figure 7.4. One of these (Sweco No. 28) intersects the footprint of the road, both on the mainline CTLR and on the area of the improvements to Stormontfield Road.

Three of the heritage assets are dated to the Prehistoric period. These are all also Scheduled Monuments. These include a ring ditch at Loch Eye, which may represent the remains either of a barrow or a round house, (Sweco No 27, SM6946), a group of pits and a settlement enclosure also near Loch Eye (Sweco No. 37, SM6742), and a collection of cropmarks at Blairhall which includes a cursus, ring ditch, pit group and rectilinear enclosure (Sweco No. 38, SM6932). This collection of cropmarks also includes a barrow that may belong to the Roman or Early Medieval periods. Only a small section of the area associated with this record lies within the Inner Study Area.

There are no records of heritage assets dating from the Roman or Early Medieval periods within Section C of the Inner Study Area, with the exception of those small elements of Sweco No 38 that might lie within that area and date to this period.

A single heritage asset record from the Medieval period is recorded in this section of the Inner Study Area (Sweco No. 28), which consists of a track, with a possible area of rig and furrow at the southwestern end of the track.

There are no recorded archaeological heritage assets dating to the Post-Medieval or Modern periods within Section C of the Inner Study Area.

Section D

There are four records of archaeological heritage assets within Section D of the Inner Study Area. None of them are within the footprint of the road or associated infrastructure. They are all Modern. One is the location of a former milestone (Sweco No. 35). The other three are 21st Century graffiti (Sweco No. 32, 33, 34).

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Historic Buildings

Four of the heritage assets within Section of A of the Inner Study Area are historic buildings (Figure 7.4). These all date to the Modern period. Belvedere House (Sweco No. 9) dates to 1847-1848 and is thought to have originated as a railway building and is a listed building (category B, LB 17904). The other historic structures also relate to transport, including the Old and New Almond Bridges (Sweco No. 12, 15), the former of which is a listed building (LB 17903 category B), and the Almond Railway Viaduct (Sweco No. 19).

There are no historic building heritage assets within Section B of the Inner Study Area.

There are three historic building heritage assets within Section C of the Inner Study Area, all parts of the Modern (19th Century) Balboughty Farm, including the dairy (Sweco No. 31) as well as Balboughty House (Sweco No. 39) and the associated steading (Sweco No. 40), both of which are listed buildings (LB18378, category C and LB18377, Category B respectively).

There are no historic building heritage assets within Section D of the Inner Study Area.

7.5.3 Summary of Heritage Assets

Table 7.6: All Recorded Heritage Assets within the Inner Study Area: Road and Associated Infrastructure

Asset Type Section A Section B Section C Section D Total

Archaeological Site 16 12 4 4 33

Historic Building 4 0 3 0 7

There are no category A listed buildings, inventoried battlefields, conservation areas, properties in care or world heritage sites within the Inner Study Area of the route. The designated heritage assets that are present are summarised in Table 7.7 and fully listed in Table 7.4.

Table 7.7: All Designated Heritage Assets within the Inner Study Area: Road and Associated Infrastructure

Asset Type Section A Section B Section C Section D Total Category B listed building 2 0 1 0 3

Category C listed building 0 0 1 0 1

Scheduled Monument 1 2 3 0 6

GDL 0 1 1 1 1

7.5.4 River Tay Temporary Access Works: Designated Heritage Assets

There are no inventoried battlefields, conservation areas, properties in care or world heritage sites within either of the study areas for the temporary road.

Within the Inner Study Area there are three Scheduled Monuments and a GDL. These assets are listed in Table 7.8 and shown in Figure 7.1.

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Table 7.8: Designated Heritage Assets within the Inner Study Area, River Tay Temporary Access Works

Index Title Designation Category Option Number King's Stone, standing stone 90m SE of Scheduled SM1556 N/A 3 Denmarkfield Farm Monument Gold Castle, enclosure 200m SW of Scheduled SM7572 N/A 3 Donald's Bank Monument Scheduled Bertha, Roman fort SM2403 N/A 1 Monument Scone Palace GDL GDL00338 N/A 1, 2, 3

Within the Outer Study Area there are three category B listed buildings, three category C listed buildings, one Scheduled Monument, and one GDL. These numbers exclude designated heritage assets that are present within both Inner and Outer Study Areas. The designated heritage assets within the Outer Study Area are listed in Table 7.9 and shown in Figure 7.1.

Table 7.9: Designated Heritage Assets within the Outer Study Area, River Tay Temporary Access Works

Index Title Designation Category Option Number Almond Bridge, on exisiting A9 over River Listed Building LB17903 B 1, 2 Almond

Belvedere House Listed Building LB17904 B 1, 2, 3

Battleby House Listed Building LB17905 B 1

Luncarty Post Office/The Arns Listed Building LB17923 C 1

Luncarty, Marshall Way, Luncarty Home Farm Steading, including horse mill and Listed Building LB19487 C 1 boundary wall.

Luncarty House (Main block only) Listed Building LB17922 C 1

Grassy Walls, Roman camp and prehistoric Scheduled SM4072 N/A 1, 2, 3 settlement, Sheriffton Monument

Battleby House GDL GDL00050 N/A 1

7.5.5 Temporary Access Road: Known Heritage Assets within the Inner Study Area

Historic Land use Assessment

The largest single component of the historic landscape in Section A consists of rectilinear fields and associated farms (Figure 7.3). The layout of this pattern of fields has largely evolved from the agricultural improvements of the 18th Century, with some consolidation of fields over more recent times. Bisecting the Inner Study Area of the River Tay Temporary Access Works is land relating to the HLA category of late 20th Century Transport, which consists of the current A9. There are also three areas of managed woodland, the origins of which are thought to date to the 18th Century also. Built up areas are mapped to the north (Redgorton) and south-western corner of the Inner Study Area (Inveralmond Industrial Estate).

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Part of the River Tay Temporary Access Works Inner Study Area, relating to Option 1 is the area of recreational woodland to the north of the River Almond, which includes areas of former forestry enclosure.

Archaeological Remains

Within the Inner Study Area of the Temporary Access Roads, 25 of the heritage assets are archaeological remains (Figure 7.4). Of these, twelve have already been described in the context of the road and associated infrastructure (Sweco No. 4, 6, 7, 10, 11, 14, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 64).

There are six prehistoric archaeological heritage assets within the Inner Study Area of the temporary road. Four of these have already been described (Sweco No. 4, 7, 14, 64). One of the other heritage assets is the King’s Stone (Sweco No. 62), a standing stone which is also a Scheduled Monument (SM1556). The other is a cropmark site including an apparent enclosed settlement which appears to have a group of pits within it, and an area of rig and furrow, presumably the result of later medieval or post-medieval activity over the site (Sweco No. 67).

A collection of archaeological heritage assets of Roman date also lies within the Inner Study Area of the temporary road. Three of these have already been described (Sweco No. 16, 20, 64). The fourth is the location the probable Roman bridge across the River Tay (Sweco No. 66), located immediately to the east of the Roman fort at Bertha.

Two archaeological heritage assets dating to the early medieval period are within the Inner Study Area of the temporary road. Sweco No. 11 has already been described. The other (Sweco No. 63) is the possible location of the Battle of Luncarty, a battle which may have taken place in AD990, in which an army under Kenneth III defeated an invading army of Danes.

There are no archaeological heritage assets of medieval date within the Inner Study Area of the temporary road.

There are three archaeological heritage assets of post-medieval date in the Inner Study Area of the temporary road. These are all former ditches or field boundaries (Sweco No. 55, 65, 70).

There are seven archaeological heritage assets of unknown date. Three of these have been described above (Sweco No. 6, 17, 21). The other assets consist of cropmarks (Sweco No. 69, 78), a mound of indeterminate function (Sweco No. 49) and the possible site of a former mill (Sweco No. 50).

Historic Buildings

There are ten historic building assets within the Inner Study Area of the temporary road. Two of these have already been described (Sweco No. 15, 19). The remaining historic buildings are all of modern date, mostly dating to the 19th Century. Three of the assets relate to transport and travel, consisting of the Luncarty Station (Sweco No. 41), Broxie railway bridge (Sweco No. 61) and a milestone (Sweco No. 54). One is the former site of a small cottage (Sweco. No 58). The other assets relate to leisure activity, specifically fishing, in the form of boundary markers of the Redgorton fishing on the River Tay (Sweco No. 56 and 57) and two fishing bothies (Sweco No. 59, 60).

7.5.6 Compensatory Planting: Designated Heritage Assets

There are no inventoried battlefields, properties in care or world heritage sites within either of the study areas for the compensatory planting.

Within the Inner Study Area there is one category B listed building, three Scheduled Monuments and a GDL. These assets are listed in Table 7.10.

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Table 7.10: Designated Heritage Assets within the Inner Study Area, Compensatory Planting

Index Area of Title Designation Category Number planting Blairhall, farmhouse Listed Building LB18379 B Blairhall

Grassy Walls, Roman camp and Scheduled Monument SM4072 N/A Blairhall prehistoric settlement, Sheriffton Blairhall, barrow cemetery and Scheduled Monument SM6932 N/A Blairhall cursus S of, Scone Palace GDL GDL00338 N/A Blairhall

Cairnton Cottage Cairn Scheduled Monument SM1508 N/A Cairnton

Within the Outer Study Area there are two category A listed buildings, five category B listed buildings, five category C listed buildings, nine Scheduled Monuments, one GDL, and one conservation area. These numbers exclude designated heritage assets that are present within both Inner and Outer Study Areas. The designated heritage assets within the Outer Study Area are listed in Table 7.11.

Table 7.11: Designated Heritage Assets within the Outer Study Area, Compensatory Planting

Index Planting Title Designation Category Number Area

Druids’ Seat Roslyn Guildtown Listed Building LB17994 C Wood Blindwells, Stone Circle 380m ENE Scheduled Druids’ Seat SM7299 N/A of, Strathmore Monument Wood Scheduled Druids’ Seat Blackfaulds, Stone Circle, WSW of SM7295 N/A Monument Wood

Waulkmill ferry bothy Listed Building LB18974 B Blairhall

Scheduled Ardgilzean, Enclosure 540m E of, SM7029 N/A Blairhall Monument

Scheduled Ardgilzean Cottage, Mound SW of, SM3402 N/A Blairhall Monument

Ardgilzean, Ring-Ditch 430m ESE Scheduled SM7031 N/A Blairhall of, Monument

Barber’s Dalcrue House Listed Building LB17897 A Wood Barber’s Dry Bridge Listed Building LB17921 A Wood Barber’s Dalcrue Bridge over River Almond Listed Building LB17898 B Wood Barber’s Craig House Listed Building LB17920 C Wood Pitcairngreen Inn Listed Building LB17909 B Cairnton

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Index Planting Title Designation Category Number Area

Cromwellpark Cottage, formerly Barber’s Listed Building LB17919 B West Cromwellpark House Wood

Dalcrue, north wing of steading. Listed Building LB19842 B Barber’s

Pitcairn Cottage nr. Pitcairngreen Listed Building LB17906 C Cairnton

St. Serf’s Manse, (originally Free Listed Building LB17908 C Cairnton Church manse) Pitcairngreen

Pitcairngreen Conservation Area N/A N/A Cairnton

Barber’s Cromwellpark House Listed Building LB17917 C Wood

Lochton House, enclosure 350m Scheduled SM6722 N/A Blairhall ESE of, Monument Lochton House, ring-ditch 390m SE Scheduled SM6946 N/A Blairhall of Monument Sheriffton, barrow cemetery 200m Scheduled SM6723 N/A Blairhall NE of Monument

Gold Castle, enclosure 200m SW of Scheduled SM7572 N/A Blairhall Donald's Bank Monument

GDL0028 Barber’s Methven Castle GDL N/A 5 Wood

7.5.7 Compensatory Planting: Known Heritage Assets within the Inner Study Area Historic Land use Assessment

All the currently envisaged compensatory planting areas are positioned on areas of rectilinear fields (Figure 7.3). The layout of this pattern of fields has largely evolved from the agricultural improvements of the 18th Century, with some consolidation of fields over more recent times. This category of historic land use is also the predominant one in the areas of planting to the immediate north of the route, and forms between approximately 30-50% of the Inner Study Areas of the other compensatory planting areas. The remaining categories of historic land use are managed woodland and forestry plantations, either dating from the 18th century, or particularly in the case of plantation forestry, the 20th Century. In all cases the compensatory planting is immediately adjacent to existing managed woodland or forestry plantation. The two areas of planting to the immediate north of the route border the designated Scone Palace GDL, running alongside existing woodland within the designated area.

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Archaeological Remains

Within the Inner Study Area of the compensatory planting areas, 11 of the heritage assets are archaeological remains. Of these two have already been described in the context of the road and associated infrastructure (Sweco No. 24, 52).

There are four prehistoric archaeological heritage assets within the Inner Study Area of the compensatory planting. These include the cairn at Cairnton Cottage (Sweco No. 44), which is also a Scheduled Monument (SM1508). Near to this are the ring ditch, possible circular enclosure and unenclosed settlement at Cairnton (Sweco No. 73). The other prehistoric heritage assets are a possible fort at Jeaniebank (Sweco No. 75) and the findspot of a Neolithic flint tool (Sweco No. 76).

The two archaeological heritage assets of Roman date within the Inner Study Area of the compensatory planting have already been described (Sweco No. 24, 52).

There are no archaeological heritage assets of early medieval or medieval date within the Inner Study Area of the compensatory planting.

There are three archaeological heritage assets of post-medieval date in the Inner Study Area of the temporary road. These are all agricultural features such as field boundaries or areas of ridge and furrow (Sweco No. 42, 72, 79).

There is one archaeological heritage asset of modern date, the site of a former tank trap (Sweco 47).

There is one archaeological heritage asset of unknown date. This is an area of cropmarks (Sweco No. 48).

Historic Buildings

There are five historic building assets within the Inner Study Area of the compensatory planting. The historic buildings are all of modern date, with the exception of the village of Guildtown which is undated in the HER data (Sweco No. 77). Three of the assets are agricultural settlements or dwellings mostly dating to the 19th century (Sweco No. 45, 46, 53). The other asset is the bridge at Hatton (Sweco No. 43).

7.5.8 Potential for Unknown Heritage Assets within the Inner Study Area

The potential for unknown heritage assets (archaeological remains) to occur within the different sections of the proposed CTLR Project are assessed below. The trench locations for the areas that have been subject to trial trenching are included in Appendix 7.2.

Road and associated infrastructure

Section A

The geophysical survey and 10% sample trial trenching of this section demonstrated that the potential for unknown archaeological features of all periods is low. The exception to the assessment is within the multivallate fort at Broxy Kennels (Sweco No. 4), where there appears to be moderate potential for additional features to survive within the fort.

Section B

The geophysical survey and 10% sample trial trenching of this section demonstrated that the potential for unknown archaeological features of the prehistoric period is moderate, and for other periods low.

Section C

The geophysical survey and 10% sample trial trenching of this section demonstrated that the potential for unknown archaeological features of the post-medieval period is moderate, and for other periods low.

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Section D

The geophysical survey and 10% sample trial trenching of this section demonstrated that the potential for unknown archaeological features of all periods is low.

Temporary Roads

The proposed temporary haul road routes run in close parallel to Section A of the proposed CTLR Project. On this basis it is assessed that archaeological resource would be of similar character, and that therefore the potential for unknown archaeological features of all periods is low.

Compensatory Planting

The general absence of records of heritage assets within the Inner Study Area of the Barber’s Wood area of compensatory planting indicates that the potential for unknown archaeological features of all periods is low.

The records of archaeological heritage assets within the Inner Study Area of the Cairnton area of compensatory planting indicates that the potential for unknown archaeological features of prehistoric date is moderate and for other periods low.

The records of archaeological heritage assets within the Inner Study Area of the Blairhall area of compensatory planting indicates that the potential for unknown archaeological features of prehistoric, Roman and early medieval date is moderate and for other periods low.

The records of archaeological heritage assets within the Inner Study Area of the Druids’ Seat Wood area of compensatory planting indicates that the potential for unknown archaeological features of all periods is low.

7.6 POTENTIAL EFFECTS

7.6.1 Introduction

The potential impact types that could result from construction activities are:

• partial or total removal of heritage assets through groundworks (permanent or temporary, including compensatory planting); • compaction of archaeological deposits by construction traffic and structures; and • effects on the setting of heritage assets through visual and noise intrusion (including all possible setting impacts from the temporary road).

The potential types of impact that could result from the operation of the road include effects on the setting of heritage assets including visual and noise intrusion, severance and change to landscape character where this contributes to the setting of heritage assets.

A detailed assessment of the potential impacts on setting due to construction and operational effects forms Appendix 7.3.

7.6.2 Construction

The physical impacts associated with construction, including those caused by all ground-breaking works and compaction, have the potential to be permanent and irreversible. All construction impacts (without mitigation) are show in Tables 7.12 – 7.15.

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Table 7.12: Construction impacts on Heritage Assets without mitigation – road and associated infrastructure

Effect Heritage Description Nature of Value of Magnitude of predicted Asset of Impact Impact Asset Impact (without mitigation) Broxy Groundworks Kennels associated Permanent, Multivallate with road Medium High Moderate Adverse Fort (Sweco construction No. 4) (Section A) Groundworks Scone Park associated earthwork Permanent, with road Low High Slight (Sweco No. Adverse construction 16) (Section B)

Roman Road Groundworks Grassy Walls associated Permanent, to Waulkmill with road Low Very Low Negligible Adverse (Sweco No. construction 52) (Section B)

Scone Park Groundworks field associated Permanent, boundary with road Low Low Very Slight Adverse (Sweco No construction 25) (Section B) Grassy Walls Groundworks Roman camp associated (outside Permanent, with road High Low Slight scheduled Adverse construction area) (Sweco (Section B) No. 36)

Groundworks Grassy Wall, associated Permanent, pit (Sweco with road Negligible High Very Slight Adverse No. 81) construction (Section B)

Groundworks Coney Bank, associated Permanent, pit (Sweco with road Low High Slight Adverse No. 82) construction (Section B) Old Scone, Groundworks track and rig associated Permanent, and furrow with road Low Low Very Slight Adverse (Sweco No. construction 28) (Section C)

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Effect Heritage Description Nature of Value of Magnitude of predicted Asset of Impact Impact Asset Impact (without mitigation) HLA types rectilinear Groundworks fields and associated Permanent, associated with road Low Low Very Slight Adverse farms and construction woodland (Sections A-D) and forestry Groundworks HLA type: associated designed Permanent, with road High Very Low Very Slight landscape – Adverse construction woodland (Section C)

Potential impacts vary between the potential temporary access works options, which are identified in Table 7.13.

Table 7.13: Construction Access Track impacts on Heritage Assets without mitigation – River Tay Temporary Access Works

Effect Value Description of Nature of Magnitude predicted Heritage Asset Option of Impact Impact of Impact (without Asset mitigation) Topsoil stripping7 and Bertha Roman removal of Permanent, Cemetery 1 Medium Very Low Negligible temporary track, Adverse (Sweco No. 68) southern temporary road Installation and removal of Bertha Roman temporary track Permanent, Fort (Sweco No 1 and High Medium8 Moderate Adverse 20) embankment southern temporary road Topsoil stripping Denmarkfield, and removal of Permanent, field boundary 3 temporary track, Low Very Low Negligible Adverse (Sweco No. 70) northern temporary road

7 Topsoil stripping will only occur outside the Scheduled Monument 8 It should be noted that this magnitude of impact is a worst case scenario based on no design mitigation: the temporary access embankment and track have been designed to incorporate suitable mitigation measures.

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Effect Value Description of Nature of Magnitude predicted Heritage Asset Option of Impact Impact of Impact (without Asset mitigation)

Luncarty Home Topsoil stripping Farm and removal of Permanent, unenclosed 3 temporary track, Medium Very Low Negligible Adverse settlement northern (Sweco No. 67) temporary road

Topsoil stripping Bertha, and removal of possible ring temporary track, Permanent, 2, 3 Low Medium Slight ditch (Sweco southern and Adverse No 14) western temporary roads

Table 7.14: Construction impacts on Heritage Assets without mitigation – Compensatory Planting

Value Effect predicted Description Nature of Magnitude Heritage Asset of (without of Impact Impact of Impact Asset mitigation) Jeanniebank Permanent, possible fort Tree planting Low Medium Very Slight Adverse (Sweco No. 75)

There may be potential construction impacts on unknown heritage assets, specifically archaeological remains. The potential for the occurrence of such remains has been assessed in Section 7.5.8. As by the nature of such potential assets, neither their value nor the magnitude of any potential impact on them can be assessed, no further assessment of such assets has been undertaken.

7.6.3 Operation

Potential operational effects on cultural heritage will largely consist of effects on the setting of heritage assets, through visual change and noise intrusion, and physical and visual severance of either elements of extensive heritage assets, such as GDL’s, or between different heritage assets with a clear visual or spatial relationship. Potential impact from the presence of a SuDS pond in the vicinity of Berth Roman Fort (Sweco No 20) with respect to changes in groundwater and drainage potentially affecting preservation conditions in the archaeological deposits have also been assessed at the request of HES.

Screened Assets

Within the different study areas there are a number of designated heritage assets that are screened from setting effects due to screening by topography, broad areas of woodland, surrounding buildings or distance from potential sources of effects. A full list of these is given in Appendix 7.3.

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Excluded Non-Designated Heritage Assets, Inner Study Area

A number of non-designated heritage assets have been excluded from assessment of effects on setting. There are a number of grounds for excluding non-designated heritage assets from specific setting impacts:

• The asset is incorporated with a designated heritage asset that has been assessed (Sweco No 25 with Scone Palace GDL, Sweco No 52 with Sweco No. 36); • The heritage asset will be removed by groundworks (permanent or temporary, including compensatory planting) for the proposed CTLR Project and therefore will have no setting (Sweco No. 16, 81, 82); • The heritage assets are records of isolated finds that have been removed and therefore have no setting (Sweco No. 1, 18, 51, 76); • The heritage asset is heavily screened, compromising the asset setting and preventing intervisibility with the proposed CTLR Project (Sweco No. 44); and • The heritage asset is no longer extant and therefore can have no setting (Sweco No. 7, 11, 19, 30, 32-34, 54, 56-59, 61).

Non-Designated Heritage Assets, Inner Study Area

The significance of effect of operational impacts on non-designated heritage assets within the Inner Study Area is summarised in Table 7.15. A full assessment is presented in Appendix 7.3.

Table 7.15: Significance of Effect, Operational Impacts on Non-Designated Heritage Assets, Inner Study Area

Name Sweco Number Significance of Effect

Denmarkfield, field boundaries Sweco No. 10 Negligible

Broxy Kennels, multivallate fort Sweco No. 4 Moderate

Broxy Kennels, circular enclosure Sweco No. 6 Slight

Bertha, possible ring ditches Sweco No. 14 Very slight

Designated Heritage Assets, Inner Study Area

The significance of effect of operational impacts on designated heritage assets within the Inner and Study Area is summarised in Table 7.16. A full assessment is presented in Appendix 7.3.

Table 7.16: Significance of Effect, Operational Impacts on Designated Heritage Assets, Inner Study Area

Sweco Number/ Significance of Name Designation Index Number Effect Scheduled Sweco No. 44, Cairnton Cottage Cairn Very slight Monument SM1508

Lochton House, enclosure 350m ESE Scheduled Sweco No. 37, Very slight of, Monument SM6722

Scheduled Sweco No. 27, Lochton House, ring-ditch 390m SE of Very slight Monument SM6946

Grassy Walls, Roman camp and Scheduled Sweco No. 36, Very slight to prehistoric settlement, Sheriffton Monument SM4072 substantial

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Sweco Number/ Significance of Name Designation Index Number Effect Blairhall, barrow cemetery and cursus Scheduled Sweco No. 38, Slight S of, Monument SM6932

Gold Castle, enclosure 200m SW of Scheduled Sweco No. 17, Slight Donald's Bank Monument SM7572

Scheduled Sweco No. 20, Bertha, Roman fort Very slight Monument SM2403 Very slight to Scone Palace GDL GDL00338 substantial King’s Stone, standing stone 90m SE Scheduled Sweco No. 62 Very slight of Denmarkfield Road Monument SM1556 Sweco No. 9, Belvedere House Listed Building Negligible LB 17904

Designated Heritage Assets, Outer Study Area

The significance of effect of operational impacts on designated heritage assets within the Outer Study Area is summarised in Table 7.17. A full assessment is presented in Appendix 7.3.

Table 7.17: Significance of Effect, Operational Impacts, Outer Study Area

Sweco Significance of Name Designation Number/ Effect Index Number Main Stand, Perth Racecourse, Listed Building LB52137 Nil Scone Palace Park

Sheriffton, barrow cemetery, 200m Scheduled SM6723 Nil NE of Monument

Scone Palace, including terraces Listed Building LB18370 Negligible

Listed Building/ Scone Palace Mortuary Chapel, LB18371, Scheduled Negligible including Boot (or Moot) Hill SM13595 Monument

Scone Palace Stables Listed Building LB18376 Nil

Balboughty Steading Listed Building LB18377 Slight

Balgarvie, unenclosed settlement Scheduled SM6947 Negligible 350 ESE of, Monument

Mill of Bonhard, unenclosed Scheduled settlement and standing stone SM6711 Negligible Monument 200m S of,

Bonhard Park, unenclosed Scheduled SM6708 Nil settlement SE of, Monument

Shianbank, stone circles and Scheduled SM2314 Slight pillboxes 325m E of Monument

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SuDS Wetland Area and Berth Roman Fort

Site investigation boreholes in the vicinity of the SuDS Wetland Area (BH2074 and BH2075) indicate that the underlying soils are predominantly granular, with groundwater encountered during drilling at approximately 4-6m below ground level (5-7m above Ordnance Datum). This was supported by subsequent groundwater level monitoring within the installation in BH2075. This groundwater is interpreted to be in continuity with the River Tay, which is consistent with the published geological and hydrogeological mapping for the area. Considering the large volume and areal extent of the groundwater aquifer present within granular soils in continuity with the River Tay, it is unlikely that the SuDS Wetland Area will result in a significant change in groundwater levels in the vicinity of the Scheduled Monument (either through draining groundwater from the aquifer, or through raising groundwater levels). It is therefore assessed that there would be no impact on the archaeological deposits within the heritage asset.

7.7 MITIGATION AND ENHANCEMENT

7.7.1 Construction

As much of the proposed CTLR Project has already been subject to geophysical survey and archaeological evaluation trenching, the outline mitigation for the impacts associated with the construction phase can be defined relatively precisely over much of the proposed CTLR Project.

The only substantial area not subject to these methods of investigation is the wooded area at Highfield Plantation. In order to determine whether mitigation would be required, this area will be subject to evaluation trenching. Given the fewness of nearby archaeological remains and the potential effect of long- term forestry, it is recommended that the trenching should be equivalent to 6% of the area. Should archaeological remains be discovered, these should be subject to further investigation.

A number of areas of known archaeological remains have been identified through the desk-based assessment and the archaeological trial trenching. Where discrete assets have been identified, these will be subject to archaeological recording through excavation. In areas of the proposed CTLR Project where more diffuse archaeological remains have been identified, a strip, map and record programme, covering the area of the known remains and extending beyond these (though still within the development footprint) would be used. The precise extent of the strip, map and sample mitigation programme would be agreed in consultation with PKHT. For the topsoil stripping that may be required for the temporary tracks, a watching brief is proposed as suitable mitigation.

Some heritage assets that are not within the proposed CTLR Project, but are in close proximity, will be fenced off to avoid accidental tracking or other disturbance of the assets.

The different elements of the proposed mitigation have been divided into a number of packages, according to the mitigation approach and the likely part of the programme in which they would be undertaken. The mitigation work would seek to address the information gaps identified in the Scottish Archaeological Research Framework, and the trial trenching report has already identified relevant questions to be addressed with respect to mitigation package CH1, the mitigation excavation of the multivallate fort at Broxy Kennels (Sweco No. 4), which would maximise the value of the suggested mitigation (Rubicon 2019).

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Table 7.18: Mitigation for the proposed CTLR Project

Mitigation Assets Mitigation Comments Package Archaeological Restricted to section of Broxy Kennel CH1 Sweco 4 excavation and multivallate fort that is within the footprint of the recording. proposed CTLR Project. The precise extent of the areas to be subject to this archaeological recording would be agreed Sweco No 1, 25, Programme of in consultation with PKHT and documented in 28, 36 archaeological the Written Scheme of Investigation (WSI) that CH2 (unscheduled area strip, map and would be produced for the mitigation only), 52, 81, 82, recording. programme. The area subject to investigation limited to the footprint of the proposed CTLR Project.

The fencing and signage will be placed along the boundary of the scheduled area of the Sweco No. 36, Grassy Walls Roman Camp (Sweco No. 36) Temporary fencing CH3 (SM4072), Sweco and around (and outside of) the scheduled and signage. No. 27 (SM6946) area of the Lochton House, ring ditch, (Sweco No. 27). This would prevent machine tracking over the scheduled areas.

An area consisting of 6% of footprint of the Potential unknown CTLR project within areas that are currently CH4 archaeological Trial trenching. wooded and have therefore not been subject to remains trial trenching. Further mitigation may be required dependent on results.

An area consisting of 6% of footprint of the Potential unknown proposed compensatory planting near Blairhall. CH5 archaeological Trial trenching. Further mitigation may be required dependent remains on results.

Table 7.19: Mitigation for River Tay Temporary Access Works Options

Mitigation Option Assets Mitigation Comments Package

Covers the topsoil stripping of the Sweco No 55, potential northern temporary haul 67, potential Archaeological road, from the southern edge of CH6 3 unknown watching brief. Luncarty. It would cover the areas archaeological of Sweco No. 55, 67, 70 that the remains. track would cross.

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Mitigation Option Assets Mitigation Comments Package

The CPO boundary will be fenced off, including the length near the Sweco No. 62 CH7 3 Fencing King’s Stone. This would prevent (SM1556) machine tracking over the scheduled area.

Covers the topsoil stripping of the potential southern and cross A9 Sweco No. 14, temporary haul roads, from the 68 potential Archaeological southern edge of Luncarty. It CH8 1, 2 unknown watching brief. would cover the areas of Sweco archaeological No. 14, 68, that the tracks would remains. cross. Excludes the area of Bertha Roman fort.

The installation use and dismantling of a temporary track across BerthaSou Roman Fort Combined mitigation (SM2403) will require Scheduled programme including Monument Consent. Full details of design and the methods of construction, construction, operation and dismantling will be materials, operation included in the accompanying and monitoring. method statement. Any additional method statements required will be submitted to HES for approval prior to work commencing.

Design and Sweco No. 20 CH9 1 Construction Foundation outside of scheduled (SM2403) Temporary crossing area. foundation Geometry designed to minimise Embankment design loading of southern slope next to scheduled area.

Suitably low vibration techniques Piling (temporary will be used. crossing) Minimal felling, stumps and roots Felling (southern left in place to ensure future slope slope) stability.

Vehicles will only move along the Vehicle movement track, working from the (construction and constructed section to lay/remove dismantling) the rest of the track.

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Mitigation Option Assets Mitigation Comments Package

Materials The geotextile will protect the Geotextile and underlying surface. The overlying geogrid geogrid will ensure that loading on the Scheduled Monument will be less than that currently occurring from agricultural activity.

Suitable roadside barriers (e.g. hay bales) will be used to ensure Road barriers vehicles keep to the temporary track.

The construction and dismantling of the temporary track across the Operations and scheduled area will be monitoring archaeologically monitored. Archaeological monitoring During operation there will be weekly inspections of the use of the temporary track.

A system of notification to HES and inspection by HES will be put in place.

After the temporary track has been removed and the ground returned to cultivation, fieldwalking Investigation will be undertaken and reported to provide information on the condition of archaeological artefacts within the plough soil.

7.7.2 Operation

No additional mitigation for operational impacts on setting is proposed. The proposed landscape mitigation measures have been taken into account in the assessment of potential operational impacts.

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7.8 RESIDUAL EFFECTS

7.8.1 Construction

The residual significance of effect of construction impacts are shown in Table 7.20.

Table 7.20: Residual Effect of Construction Impacts

Mitigation Residual Asset/Area Project Element Mitigation Package Method Effect Luncarty, ditch, Temporary CH6 Watching Brief Negligible Sweco No 55 access - Option 3 Luncarty Home Farm, enclosed Temporary CH6 Watching Brief Negligible settlement, Sweco access- Option 3 No. 67

Denmarkfield, field Temporary boundary, Sweco CH6 Watching Brief Negligible access- Option No. 70

King’s Stone, Standing Stone, Temporary CH7 Fencing None Sweco No. 62, access- Option SM1556

Temporary Bertha, possible ring access- Option 1, CH8 Watching Brief Negligible ditch, Sweco No. 14 2

Bertha Roman Temporary cemetery, Sweco No. CH8 Watching Brief Negligible access- Option 1 68

Floating road, Bertha Roman Fort, Temporary monitoring of Sweco No. 20, CH9 Negligible access- Option 1 installation and SM2403 removal

Broxy Kennels, Very multivallate fort Section A CH1 Excavation Slight Sweco No. 4

Scone Park, Strip, map and earthwork, Sweco Section B CH2 Negligible sample No. 16 Scone Park, field Strip, map and boundary, Sweco Section B CH2 Negligible sample No. 25

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Mitigation Residual Asset/Area Project Element Mitigation Package Method Effect Grassy Walls, Roman Camp and Strip, map and Prehistoric Section B CH2 Negligible sample Settlement, Sweco No. 36

Grassy Walls, Roman Camp and Prehistoric Section B CH3 Fencing None Settlement, Sweco No. 36, SM4072

Sherrifton, Roman road, Grassy Walls Strip, map and Section B CH2 Negligible to Bertha , Sweco sample No. 52

Old Scone, medieval Strip, map and Section B CH2 Negligible track, Sweco No. 28 sample

Lochton House, ring ditch, Sweco No. 27, Section B CH3 Fencing None SM6946

CH4 Trial trenching of 6% of development footprint: Evaluation Highfield Plantation Section D Unknown further mitigation may trenching be required dependent on results.

CH5 Trial trenching of 6% of Jeanniebank, Blairhall development footprint: Evaluation possible fort, Sweco Compensatory Unknown further mitigation may trenching No. 75 Planting be required dependent on results.

7.8.2 Operation

Additional mitigation for operational impacts on setting is not proposed. The residual impacts are therefore the same as the assessed impacts. These are summarised in Tables 7.15 7.17 and detailed in Appendix 7.3. There are three operational residual effects that are significant in EIA terms: these comprise effects of substantial significance on the setting of parts of Scone Palace GDL and Grassy Walls Roman Camp Scheduled Monument, in both cases the greatest effect being within the area called Bowman’s Field. Adverse operational effects of moderate significance are predicted on the setting of one non-designated heritage asset due to the severance of the asset, the multivallate fort at Broxy Kennels (Sweco No. 4).

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7.9 CUMULATIVE EFFECTS

7.9.1 Introduction

Cumulative effects have been assessed with respect to three developments: Scone North, Luncarty South and Bertha Park. Bertha Park and Scone North coincide with parts of the area of the proposed CTLR Project, and therefore have the potential for cumulative direct and setting impacts. Luncarty South is approximately 350m (north) from the nearest elements of the proposed CTLR Project, and therefore only has the potential for setting impacts.

7.9.2 Bertha Park

The Bertha Park development area includes part of the extent of the multivallate fort at Broxy Kennels (Sweco No. 4) and the remainder of the area of the circular enclosure at Broxy Kennels (Sweco No. 6). In terms of EIA significance, the cumulative effects, both direct and on setting, would not be different as the impact magnitude of the proposed CTLR Project has already been assessed as high. The precise impacts cannot be described as these would depend on the detailed design of the majority of the Bertha Park development which has still to be undertaken.

The Bertha Park development would be effectively screened from the eastern part of the Bertha Roman Fort Scheduled Monument (SM2403) by the railway embankment, so there would be no cumulative effect on this part of the fort. The proposed scheme has been assessed as having no effect on the part of the Scheduled Monument west of the railway embankment, and therefore no cumulative effects are predicted.

7.9.3 Luncarty South

The Luncarty South development has limited inter-visibility with part of the Scone Palace GDL, specifically those parts of LLCA10 on Donald’s Bank, on the north-western edge of the GDL. This area also includes the north-western edge of Grassy Walls Camp Scheduled Monument (SM4072).

The principal setting of LLCA10 has been assessed to be the LLCA10 itself, reflecting its visually constrained landscape. Limited views to and from the north-western edge of the GDL, on Donald’s Bank, and the proposed location of the Luncarty South development, also makes a minor contribution to the understanding and appreciation of the designed landscape, as these position it in a wider rural, agricultural setting. The Luncarty South development would intrude on that setting to a limited degree, forming a low magnitude impact on an element of the setting that is of low value, resulting in a very slight effect. There would be very limited visibility of the proposed development in some of these views, in which Donald’s Bank and Clay Bank would form the dominant visual element, with the setting change from the proposed development having an impact of very low adverse magnitude, with a resulting effect of negligible significance. The cumulative significance of effect is assessed to be very slight effect.

The principal elements of the setting of the Grassy Walls Camp would be the immediate presence of the river, and the views to the north along the line of the former Roman road. Views to the river would not be affected, as views beyond it are partially screened and disrupted by established treelines. Views northwards are screened both topographically and by treelines, and therefore Luncarty South would have no effect on the setting of the camp, and therefore there would be no cumulative effect.

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7.9.4 Scone North

The Scone North development lies partly within the Scone Palace GDL. Within the GDL the proposed CTLR Project runs through an area of plantation which has a permanent edge of deciduous trees partially screening the plantation from the area of the Scone North development that is within the Scone Palace GDL. Even during parts of the plantation cycle when the conifer woodland has been felled, there will be little visual interaction between the Scone North development and the proposed CTLR Project. The cumulative significance of effect is therefore assessed to be slight.

To the east of the Scone Palace GDL the proposed CTLR Project runs through the Scone North development in the area where it borders the eastern edge of the GDL. Within this area the proposed CTLR Project would be fully incorporated into the development and therefore there would be no cumulative effect between the two developments.

There are three Scheduled Monuments that are likely to be inter-visible with both the proposed CTLR Project and the Scone North development and that have been predicted to receive a potential setting impact. These are Balgarvie, unenclosed settlement 350m East-South-East of (SM6947), Mill of Bonhard, unenclosed settlement and standing stone 200m South of (SM6711) and Shianbank, stone circles and pillboxes 325m East of (SM2314). Part of the proposed CTLR Project will be inter-visible with these heritage assets as it will be fully incorporated into the Scone North development. On this basis, there would be no additional setting impact and the effective cumulative impact would therefore be same as that assessed for the Scone North development alone. The significance of effect for the three heritage assets has been translated across from the original assessment. These are:

• Balgarvie - negligible; • Mill of Bonhard - slight; and • Shianbank very slight.

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7.10 SUMMARY OF EFFECTS

The potential construction and operational effects on the cultural heritage in and around the CTLR Project have been assessed. Significant adverse construction effects are not predicted to any designated heritage assets. Adverse effects of moderate significance are predicted on one non-designated heritage asset which is the multivallate fort at Broxy Kennels (Sweco No. 4). With suitable mitigation, the adverse effects can be reduced to very slight, which can be translated to non-significant in EIA terms.

Significant adverse operational effects are predicted on both designated and non-designated heritage assets. These comprise effects of substantial significance on the setting of parts of Scone Palace GDL and Grassy Walls Roman Camp Scheduled Monument. In both cases the greatest effect being within the area called Bowman’s Field.

Adverse effects of moderate significance are predicted on one non-designated heritage asset, comprising the multivallate fort at Broxy Kennels (Sweco No. 4). Designed-in landscape mitigation has been taken into account in assessing these effects. No additional mitigation is recommended with respect to the setting of heritage assets, as feasible landscaping/screening options are likely to have significant adverse effects on the setting of heritage assets.

No significant cumulative effects have been identified from the proposed CTLR Project.

7.11 STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

This assessment has considered data from a range of sources in order to determine the presence of cultural heritage assets which may be affected by the proposed CTLR Project. The potential effects on the identified assets, mitigation measures for protecting known assets during construction and recording of currently unknown features which could be lost and the residual effect of the proposed CTLR Project have been considered.

The landscape of the proposed CTLR Project includes an area of parkland and designed landscape with associated agricultural land and forestry. A wide range of features have been noted along parts of the proposed CTLR Project, including a number of Prehistoric and Roman sites, as well as relicts of Post- Medieval agriculture. There is a notable absence of heritage assets in Section D of the proposed CTLR Project. Based on the data considered in the assessment the potential for unknown assets across the proposed CTLR Project is low, with the exception of Prehistoric assets in Section B, Post-Medieval assets in Section C, Prehistoric Roman and Early Medieval assets in the Blairhall area of compensatory planting and prehistoric assets in the Cairnton area of compensatory planting. In these areas the potential for assets of the specified periods is moderate.

The predicted significant construction effects of the southern temporary haul road consist of adverse effects of moderate significance on the Bertha Fort Scheduled Monument (Sweco No 20, SM2403). However, design and development work undertaken for the Southern Haul Road Detailed Proposals9 has shown that any potential effects can be mitigated to none. (Appendix 2.2) . The other potential temporary roads and the compensatory planting areas are not predicted to have significant construction or operational effects

The predicted significant construction effects of the proposed scheme consist of adverse effects of moderate significance on the multivallate fort at Broxy Kennels (Sweco No. 4), which can be mitigated to very slight.

The predicted significant operational effects of the proposed scheme comprise effects of substantial significance on the setting of parts of Scone Palace GDL and Grassy Walls Roman Camp Scheduled Monument, in both cases the greatest effect being within the area called Bowman’s Field. Adverse effects of moderate significance are predicted on one non-designated heritage asset, comprising the multivallate fort at Broxy Kennels (Sweco No. 4).

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Appendix 7.1 – Gazetteer

Cross Tay Link Road

Revision Date Version Author Technical Checker Approver Number Reviewer P01 10.06.19 FINAL S E Danaher R McLean D Ritchie Lancaster BIM Reference: 119046-SWECO-EHR-000-RP-EN-20008 (1)

This document has been prepared on behalf of Perth and Kinross Council by Sweco for Cross Tay Link Road. It is issued for the party which commissioned it and for specific purposes connected with the above- captioned project only. It should not be relied upon by any other party or used for any other purpose. Sweco accepts no responsibility for the consequences of this document being relied upon by any other party, or being used for any other purpose, or containing any error or omission which is due to an error or omission in data supplied to us by other parties.

This document contains confidential information and proprietary intellectual property. It should not be shown to other parties without consent from Perth and Kinross Council.

Prepared for: Prepared by: Perth and Kinross Council Sweco Pullar House Suite 4.2, City Park 35 Kinnoull Street 368 Alexandra Parade Perth Glasgow PH1 5GD G31 3AU

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Sweco Name Canmore ID HER ID Period Description Value Easting Northing Number 1 Redgorton Parish 26725 MPK2039 Neolithic Polished Axehead Negligible 309000 728000 2 Luncarty 26723 ?Prehistoric Cairn Cemetery? Medium 309000 728000 3 Broxy Kennels 26778 Undated Enclosure Low 309100 727700 4 Broxy Kennels Multivallate Fort 26737 MPK2051 Prehistoric Fort, Souterrain Medium 309110 727880 5 Redgorton 352336 Modern Milestone Negligible 309110 728684 6 Broxy Kennels / Broxy Kennels 1 26778 MPK2090 Undated Circular Enclosure Medium 309119 727709 Circular Enclosure 7 Redgorton MPK15040 Prehistoric Unenclosed Settlement? Low 309157 728903 8 Fourmile House 352322 Modern Milestone Negligible 309261 728834 9 Belvedere House 101376 MPK7918 Modern Date Stone, House Low 309292 728163 10 Denmarkfield 26794 MPK2105 ?Modern Field boundary(s) Low 309370 728310 11 Denmarkfield Farm Symbol Stone 26805 MPK2115 ?Early Medieval Standing Stone /Symbol Stone Medium 309400 728440 12 Inveralmond, Almond Bridge 101374 MPK7916 Modern Road Bridge Low 309485 726562 13 Broxie 352321 Modern Milestone Negligible 309499 727274 14 Bertha 269287 MPK14990 ?Prehistoric Ring Ditch (possible), Round Low 309600 727200 House (possible) 15 Inveralmond, New Almond Bridge 281460 MPK16709 Modern Road Bridge Low 309617 726602 16 Scone Park 26736 MPK2049 ?Roman Earthwork Low 309650 727620 17 Gold Castle 26735 MPK5327 Undated Barrow (possible), Enclosure, High 309660 727880 Saddle Quern 18 Bertha Roman Fort Jasper 138035 MPK9276 Neolithic Polished Axehead Low 309700 726900 Axehead 19 Inveralmond, Almond Viaduct 101375 MPK7917 Modern Railway Viaduct Low 309738 726634 20 Bertha 26734 MPK2048 Roman Roman Fort High 309740 726800 21 Bertha Ring Ditch 26756 MPK2069 Undated Ring Ditch Medium 309780 726970 23 Sherrifton 28148 MPK3277 Prehistoric Saddle Quern Negligible 310200 727600 24 Scone Park 28142 MPK3272 Roman Temporary Camp Medium 310440 727150 25 Scone Park 28176 MPK5307 Undated Field boundary Low 310600 727300 26 Sherrifton 28150 Undated Earthwork low 310800 727700

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Sweco Name Canmore ID HER ID Period Description Value Easting Northing Number 27 Loch Eye 77397 MPK6137 ?Prehistoric Barrow, Cropmark(s), Pit(s), High 311350 727600 Round house 28 Old Scone 28167 MPK3292 Medieval Rig and Furrow, Track Low 311500 727200 29 Old Scone 290191 MPK17262 Undated Road Low 311600 726800 30 Scone, Old Parish Church and 28178 MPK5471 Post-Medieval Church, Churchyard Medium 311700 726880 Churchyard 31 Balboughty, Balboughty Dairy 341313 MPK18831 Modern Dairy Low 312268 727549 32 Scone, Angus Road 355082 Modern Graffiti Negligible 314135 726686 33 Scone, David Douglas Avenue 355083 Modern Graffiti Negligible 314282 726725 34 Scone, Park and Ride 355094 Modern Graffiti Negligible 314338 726730 35 New Mains 305129 MPK18131 Modern Milestone Negligible 314662 727172 36 Sherrifton/Sherrifton Mains MPK5152 ?Prehistoric Pit alignment, unenclosed High 310443 727771 settlement, pit group, souterrain, linear feature 37 Locheye/Lochton House MPK6201 ?Prehistoric Rectilinear Enclosure; Cultivation High 311517 727849 marks; Pit group 38 Blairhall MPK5480 Prehistoric Ring ditch; Cursus; Barrow; Rig High 311599 727992 and Furrow; Rectilinear Enclosure?; Linear feature; Pit group 39 Balboughty House Modern Farm House Low 312448 727565 40 Balboughty Steading Modern Steading Medium 312602 727569 41 Luncarty, Station MPK10895 Modern Railway station Low 309380 729470

42 Hatton MPK11114 Post-Medieval Rig and Furrow; Enclosure Low 310300 728880

43 Hatton MPK11115 Modern Bridge Low 310300 728900

44 Cairnton Cottage MPK2038 Prehistoric Round Cairn High 307196 727230

45 Cairnton Cottage MPK8003 Modern Cottage Low 307022 727335

46 Blairhall Farmhouse MPK13552 Modern Farmstead; Farmhouse; Dairy Low 311606 728387

47 River Tay, Guildtown; Anti Tank MPK15415 Modern Tank Trap; Linear Feature Low 312320 730950 Ditch

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Sweco Name Canmore ID HER ID Period Description Value Easting Northing Number 48 Guildtown MPK17067 Undated Crop Marks Unknown 313550 731470

49 River Almond Mound MPK17259 Undated Ditch?; Mound? Unknown 310000 726600

50 Bertha Park Mill and lade MPK17260 Undated Mill? Low 310000 726700

51 Bertha; Illegally metal detected MPK17783 Roman Findspot Low 309870 726900 finds

52 Roman road Bertha to Grassy MPK19105 Roman Road? Low 310400 727960 Walls to Waulkmill

53 Cairnton MPK8002 Modern Farmstead; Horse Engine House Medium 307203 727546

54 Broxie MPK19213 Modern Milestone Negligible 309499 727274

55 Luncarty MPK19618 Post-Medieval Ditch Negligible 309460 729200

56 Broxie MPK19732 Modern Boundary Stone Negligible 309622 727274

57 Broxie MPK19733 Modern Boundary Stone Negligible 309628 727279

58 Broxie MPK19734 Modern Cottage; House Low 309651 727195

59 Broxie MPK19735 Modern Fishing bothy Low 309671 727211

60 Broxie MPK19736 Modern Fishing bothy Negligible 309777 727043

61 Broxie MPK19737 Modern Railway bridge; Graffiti Negligible 309567 727179

62 King's Stone MPK2033 Prehistoric Standing Stone High 309716 728287

63 Luncarty/ Battle of Luncarty MPK2034 Early Medieval Battlefield? Negligible 309887 728491

64 Luncarty / Plain of Loncarty; MPK2037 Prehistoric Cairn Cemetery? Medium 309512 728890 Danemark; Turn Again Hillock

65 Luncarty MPK2042 Post-Medieval Field boundary Negligible 309871 728905

66 Bertha, Roman Bridge MPK2045 Roman Bridge Unknown 309930 726980

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Sweco Name Canmore ID HER ID Period Description Value Easting Northing Number 67 Luncarty Home Farm MPK2046 Prehistoric Enclosed Settlement; Medium 309680 729080 Rectangular Enclosure; Pit Group; Rig and Furrow 68 Bertha, Roman Cemetery MPK2055 Roman Cremation Cemetery; Cinerary Medium 309883 726644 Urn 69 Redgorton MPK2087 Undated Cropmark Site Unknown 309322 729055

70 Denmarkfield MPK2089 Post-Medieval Field boundary Negligible 309696 728492

71 Redgorton MPK15040 Prehistoric Unenclosed Settlement Medium 309199 728901 (possible) 72 Stormontfield Bleachworks, lade MPK3291 Post-Medieval Field boundary Negligible 310942 731849

73 Cairnton MPK2071 Prehistoric Ring ditch; circular enclosure High 307013 727566 (possible); unenclosed settlement (possible); roundhouse 74 Lochton House MPK6934 Early Medieval Barrow Cemetery High 310976 727901

75 Jeaniebank MPK5477 Prehistoric Fort? Low 310607 728669

76 Guildtown MPK5840 Prehistoric Findspot Negligible 313200 731600

77 Guildtown MPK6034 Undated Village Medium 313300 731700

78 Luncarty Bridge MPK6392 Undated Cropmarks Low 311200 732000

79 Lochton House MPK7121 Post-Medieval Cultivation Marks; Rig and Negligible 311100 728100 Furrow 80 Berthapark 3 MPK2095 Undated Linear feature, rectilinear Low 309151 726865 enclosure?, pit group, cultivation marks? 81 Grassy Walls Undated Pit found during trial trenching Negligible 311075 727516 (Trench E22) 82 Coney Bank Prehistoric Pit found during trial trenching, Low 311111 727490 with Bronze Age pottery (Trench E26)

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Appendix 7.2 – Setting Assessment

Cross Tay Link Road

Revision Date Version Author Technical Checker Approver Number Reviewer P01.1 10.06.19 DRAFT S E DANAHER R D LANCASTER McLEAN RITCHIE

P01 15.10.19 FINAL S E DANAHER R D LANCASTER McLEAN RITCHIE BIM Reference: 119046-SWECO-EHR-000-RP-EN-20009

Prepared for: Prepared by: Perth and Kinross Council Sweco Pullar House Suite 4.2, City Park 35 Kinnoull Street 368 Alexandra Parade Perth Glasgow PH1 5GD G31 3AU

CONTENTS

1 INTRODUCTION ...... 1 1.1 Introduction ...... 1 1.2 Screened Heritage Assets ...... 1 1.3 Excluded Non-Designated Heritage Assets, Inner Study Area ...... 5 1.4 Non-Designated Heritage Assets, Inner Study Area ...... 5 1.5 Designated Heritage Assets, Inner Study Area ...... 6 1.6 Designated Heritage Assets, Outer Study Area ...... 12 1.7 Residual effects ...... 14

TABLES

Table 1.1: Designated heritage assets screened from operational setting effects ...... 2 Table 1.2: Residual Significance of Effect, Operational Impacts ...... 14

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1 INTRODUCTION

1.1 INTRODUCTION

This appendix contains the detailed assessment of potential setting impacts from the proposed CTLR Project. The methodology is provided in Chapter 7.

1.2 SCREENED HERITAGE ASSETS

Within the different study areas there are a number of designated heritage assets that are screened from setting effects due to topography, broad areas of woodland, surrounding buildings or distance from potential sources of effects. These are listed below in Table 1.1. These heritage assets will therefore not be assessed.

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Table 1.1: Designated heritage assets screened from operational setting effects

Proposed Project Element and Study Title Designation Index Number Category Area Road and associated infrastructure, Almond Bridge, on exisiting A9 over River Listed Building LB17903 B Inner Study Area, Temporary Road Almond Outer Study Area

Road and associated infrastructure, Scone Palace, Cross of Old Scone Listed Building LB19876 A Outer Study Area

Scone Palace, Gateway and boundary wall Road and associated infrastructure, Listed Building LB18372 B of old place Outer Study Area Road and associated infrastructure, Medieval coffin and other fragments Listed Building LB18373 B Outer Study Area

Road and associated infrastructure, Parish Church Listed Building LB17901 B Outer Study Area

Road and associated infrastructure, Redgorten Church Churchyard Listed Building LB17902 C Outer Study Area

Road and associated infrastructure, Battleby House Listed Building LB17905 B Outer Study Area

Scone New Church, Perth Road, New Road and associated infrastructure, Listed Building LB18363 B Scone Outer Study Area New Scone, Abbey Road, Robert Douglas Road and associated infrastructure, Memorial Institute (former school) and 22 Listed Building LB18365 B Outer Study Area Mansfield Road Road and associated infrastructure, 20 Murrayshall Road, New Scone Listed Building LB18368 B Outer Study Area

Road and associated infrastructure, 19 Lynedoch Road, New Scone Listed Building LB18369 B Outer Study Area

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Proposed Project Element and Study Title Designation Index Number Category Area Scone Palace, Bridge on Queen’s Drive Road and associated infrastructure, Listed Building LB18374 B over Catmoor Burn Outer Study Area

Scone Palace, Queen’s Bridge over Road and associated infrastructure, Listed Building LB18375 B Catmoor Burn Outer Study Area Road and associated infrastructure, Blairhall, Farmhouse Listed Building LB18379 B Outer Study Area

Road and associated infrastructure, Luncarty House (Main block only) Listed Building LB17922 C Outer Study Area

Scone, new church hall, Abbey Road, New Road and associated infrastructure, Listed Building LB18364 C Scone Outer Study Area Road and associated infrastructure, 12 Mansfield Road, New Scone Listed Building LB18366 C Outer Study Area

Road and associated infrastructure, 11 Mansfield Road, New Scone Listed Building LB18367 C Outer Study Area

Luncarty, Marshall Way, Luncarty Home Road and associated infrastructure, Farm Steading, including horse mill and Listed Building LB19487 C Outer Study Area boundary wall Road and associated infrastructure, New Scone, Stone Circle, Grey Stanes Scheduled Monument SM1579 N/A Outer Study Area

Luncarty Post Office/The Arns Listed Building LB17923 C Temporary road, Outer Study Area

Dalcrue House Listed Building LB17897 A Barber’s Wood, Outer Study Area

Dry Bridge Listed Building LB17921 A Barber’s Wood, Outer Study Area

Dalcrue Bridge over River Almond Listed Building LB17898 B Barber’s Wood, Outer Study Area

Craig House Listed Building LB17920 C Barber’s Wood, Outer Study Area

Pitcairngreen Inn Listed Building LB17909 B Cairnton, Outer Study Area

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Proposed Project Element and Study Title Designation Index Number Category Area Cromwellpark Cottage, formerly West Listed Building LB17919 B Barber’s Wood, Outer Study Area Cromwellpark House Dalcrue, north wing of steading Listed Building LB19842 B Barber’s Wood, Outer Study Area

Pitcairn Cottage nr. Pitcairngreen Listed Building LB17906 C Cairnton, Outer Study Area St. Serf’s Manse, (originally Free Church Listed Building LB17908 C Cairnton, Outer Study Area manse) Pitcairngreen Pitcairngreen Conservation Area N/A N/A Cairnton, Outer Study Area

Cromwellpark House Listed Building LB17917 C Barber’s Wood, Outer Study Area

Craig House Listed Building LB17920 C Barber’s Wood, Outer Study Area Garden and Designed Methven Castle GDL00285 N/A Barber’s Wood, Outer Study Area Landscape Roslyn Guildtown Listed Building LB17994 C Druids’ Seat Wood, Outer Study Area

Blindwells, Stone Circle 380m ENE of Scheduled Monument SM7299 N/A Druids’ Seat Wood, Outer Study Area

Blackfaulds, Stone Circle, WSW of Scheduled Monument SM7295 N/A Druids’ Seat Wood, Outer Study Area

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1.3 EXCLUDED NON-DESIGNATED HERITAGE ASSETS, INNER STUDY AREA

Non-Designated Heritage Assets, Inner Study Area

Two of the non-designated heritage assets within the Inner Study Area, Sweco No. 25 and 52, appear to be closely associated with designated heritage assets, and are noted and assessed with those assets.

Two small heritage assets will be completely removed by the proposed CTLR Project: Sweco No. 81, 82. These will not be considered in terms of potential setting impacts.

Five asset records consist of isolated find spots: Sweco No. 1, 18, 44, 51, 76. These do not have a setting and therefore will not be considered further in terms of potential setting impacts.

Thirteen of the non-designated heritage assets are physically screened by buildings, woodland or burial, or are no longer extant (Sweco No. 7, 11, 19, 30, 32-34, 54, 56-59, 61). These will not be further assessed in terms of potential setting impacts.

Two of the non-designated heritage assets are either too ephemeral or poorly understood to assess their settings and therefore any potential impacts (Sweco No. 80, 16).

1.4 NON-DESIGNATED HERITAGE ASSETS, INNER STUDY AREA

The setting of the possible former field boundaries at Denmarkfield (Sweco No. 10) consists of the modern field system, and the roads and railway line. These appear to truncate the possible boundaries, which do not conform to the current field system. The changes to the A9 alignment will slightly reduce the disturbance effect of nearby traffic, though the presence of the bridge and grade separated junction will introduce new features that may create some degree of additional disturbance. The setting is of negligible value, and the net magnitude of impact is assessed to be very low adverse, leading to a negligible effect.

The multivallate fort at Broxy Kennels (Sweco No. 4) is situated on a small knoll, with long distance views across the River Tay to the east and towards the north. These views have the Highland Main Line railway and current course of the A9 running through them with some screening by dense treelines between the fort and the A9. Although there are no surviving standing ramparts, the eastern part of the fort conforms closely enough with the natural topography to allow some appreciation of its scale. As well as the direct impacts on the fort due to the construction of part of the A9 realignment across the eastern part of the fort, bringing the road on to the area of the fort will create substantial additional visual and aural disturbance with respect to views from the north, through the east and round to the south. In addition, the removal of the part of the fort would severely reduce the ability to appreciate the form of the fort, and visually sever the majority of the remaining fort from the easternmost surviving element. The setting is of medium value, and the net magnitude of impact is assessed to be high adverse, leading to a moderate effect.

The circular enclosure at Broxy Kennels (Sweco No. 6) is situated relatively low on a south facing slope, facing a relatively steep north facing slope. The location is sheltered and visually and spatially enclosed. The construction of the road will change the ground levels near the surviving portion after the asset, as well as bringing a source of visual and aural disturbance much closer. The setting is of low value, and the net magnitude of impact is assessed to be high adverse, leading to a slight effect.

The possible ring ditches/round houses at Bertha (Sweco No. 14) are located close to the western bank of the River Tay. They are positioned close to a railway embankment and bridge, which form the visually dominant element of the immediate surroundings. The river is partially screened by mature trees and a hedgerow. Elements of the proposed scheme, especially the bridge, may be intervisible with the location of the asset, but views would be partially screened or disrupted. The value of the setting is low, and the net magnitude of impact is assessed to be low adverse, leading to a very slight effect.

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1.5 DESIGNATED HERITAGE ASSETS, INNER STUDY AREA

Cairnton cottage cairn (Sweco No. 44) Scheduled Monument (SM1508) is located at the foot of the hill east of Pitcairngreen village. The cairn is surrounded by woodland which is relatively open to the north and south of the cairn and denser to the east and west, with scrubby trees/bushes growing on or close to the cairn. The local landscape consists of many small rises and depressions, with few long distance sight lines, and the location of the cairn does not indicate that visibility over distance was a concern in its original siting. The current planting partially screens off the cairn. The proposed compensatory planting, extending the area of woodland would further separate the cairn from the surrounding landscape. The current setting of the cairn makes little contribution to its understanding, appreciation or experience. The additional planting would have a low adverse magnitude impact on the setting of the cairn, resulting in an effect of very slight significance.

King’s Stone, standing stone 90m SE of Denmarkfield Road (Sweco No. 62) Scheduled Monument (SM1556) is situated in arable land towards the base of a slope to the west to north-west, close to the north-west bank of the River Tay. In views from the standing stone to the north-west, modern residential and agricultural buildings form visually significant elements. To the south-east there is footpath, with a band of woodland, consisting mainly of mature standards of various species, but also with a number of coppiced trees that are growing out and form a noticeable barrier to views over and along the river, even in the absence of foliage. The stone is set back from the break of slope facing the river and the gradient to the river is very steep. It is therefore unlikely that even without screening vegetation the stone would have been visible from the river. Without intervening vegetation there may be intervisibility with the higher ground on the south-eastern shore at Donald’s Bank. The nature of the topography on the south-eastern bank, the presence of significant screening vegetation and the curve of the river means that although there would be some visibility with the Proposed CTLR Project, this would be very limited. The most noticeable new element would be the bridge, though views of this would be partial and subject to visual interference. The new road, including the bridge might be a small source of distraction, both visually and aurally, but in sections of the setting that make little contribution to the value of the asset. The magnitude of impact from the Proposed CTLR Project is therefore assessed as being low adverse. Taking into account the limited role of the affected part of the setting, the significance of effect is assessed as being very slight.

The northern proposed temporary road would pass very close to the standing stone. The temporary track would form a new element in close proximity to the asset, with frequent traffic running along it, forming a considerable distraction and form a temporary severance with the slope that backdrops the standing stone when viewed in close proximity from the southeast. The magnitude of impact is therefore assessed as being medium adverse, on an element of the setting that makes a limited contribution to the understanding and appreciation of the asset. The significance of effect is therefore assessed to be very slight.

Belvedere House (Sweco No. 9) Category B Listed Building (LB 17904) is located between the current route of the A9 and the Highland Main Line railway. The house was built on a contemporary road, but as a railway property was orientated on the railway rather than the road. The business and speed of the traffic on the current A9 forms a considerable distraction, both in terms of visual and aural intrusion on the house. The proposed re-alignment of the A9 would slightly reduce the intensity of this distraction. The setting makes some contribution to the understanding, appreciation and experience of the asset. The magnitude of impact is assessed as being very low beneficial, with a consequent negligible significance.

Scone Palace Garden and Designed Landscape (GDL 00338) was originally laid out between c. 1790 and 1812. The available maps prior to this period, principally the Military Survey (1747-1752) and a map of Grassy Walls, showing the western part of what is now the western part of the GDL, also undertaken under General Roy’s auspices (1793), show most of the current GDL as covered with open strip farming, with occasional blocks of woodland and settlement composed of scattered farmsteads and a few small settlements, particularly at Sherriffton and Old Scone. The establishment of the park around Scone Palace would have changed parts of the landscape considerably, and the park itself has undergone a number of changes since its establishment.

The landscape assessment for the proposed CTLR Project (see Chapter 8 and associated Appendices) has divided the area of the Scone Palace GDL into a number of local landscape character areas (LLCA). As the definition of these is in part based on the recent landscape history of the GDL, these areas will

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also be used to assess the potential effects of the proposed CTLR Project with regard to the GDL as a historic landscape. These areas are shown in Figure 8.4.

To the immediate east of the River Tay is the area known as Bowmans Field (LLCA 6 on Figure 8.4). This area included one heritage asset, Sweco No. 25, which appears to conform to mapped field boundaries from the earlier history of the GDL and is depicted in the OS 1st Edition 6-Inch map (1862). This is currently an open area of arable land, with the fields having been amalgamated from earlier subdivisions. Views to the north and northeast are curtailed by wooded ridges (LLCA 10), but there are views towards Scone Palace and parts of its immediately surrounding grounds (LLCA13). Historic mapping, including the Ordnance Survey 1st Edition (1862), indicates that the area would have had numbers of trees across it after the establishment of the park, and the mapping for this period characterises the area as parkland (the character may have been similar to that of LLCA 11). Aerial photography indicates that at least some of this area was in use for crop production in 1945, though the scattered trees survived through the area at this point and into at least the 1960s. These changes detract from the historic character of this area as designed parkland. They do not affect the spatial relationship of this area with the rest of the GDL, and there is still a visual relationship with other parts of the GDL, particularly in views towards Scone Palace. The construction of the road would effectively sever the spatial relationship of part of the Bowmans Field area with the rest of the GDL, impacting the coherence of the GDL, and form a considerable source of visual and aural disturbance. The most important element of the setting of this part of the GDL is its spatial relationship as part of a coherent historic estate, which is assessed to have high value, and the magnitude of impact from the severance of part of this area by the proposed CTLR Project would be an impact of high magnitude, leading to an effect with a substantial significance.

The Perth Racecourse is a later addition to the park, dating to 1908, with an extension to the course itself mapped in 1956 (OS 1:25 000 sheet No.12). The racecourse was within an area of lightly wooded parkland, and some of the trees that formed part of the parkland were incorporated into the central area of the racecourse, and these provide a degree of visual continuity with the parkland to the south and southeast. The racecourse is a relatively self-contained element of the landscape, with the principal setting being views within and across the racecourse, including from the main stand (Category B Listed Building LB52137) (see below). There will be partial visual screening of this part of the GDL from the proposed CTLR Project, though traffic noise is likely to be audible at the racecourse. The contribution of the setting to the value of the GDL is assessed to be of medium value. The magnitude of impact of the proposed CTLR Project is assessed to be low, with the significance of effect predicted to be very slight.

The caravan park (Scone Camping and Caravanning Club Site) is a relatively recent addition to the GDL. Its presence has substantially changed the character of this part of Scone Park, enclosing a formerly open area within a boundary of closely planted trees that cuts off this area from the surrounding GDL. As a strongly intrusive element in the area of former parkland, the caravan park makes no contribution to the setting of the GDL. The proposed CTLR Project will therefore not affect the setting of this part of the GDL.

The area characterised as ‘undulating sinuous spaces between woodland belts’ (LLCA 9) is principally an area of agricultural land effectively centred on the farm at Balboughty, which includes two listed buildings (see below). Although most of this area is not included as parkland in the historical mapping, there are areas of tree planting which do appear to be designed landscape elements, such as the roundel to the east of Stormontfield Road. This area is quite visually self-contained due to the surrounding blocks of woodland, though there are more open view northwards from the north-western edge of Dairy Wood. The historical role of this part of the GDL would have been a mixed one, providing a, possibly limited, aesthetic element, particularly in the form of the blocks of woodland, but also forming part of the economic/agricultural core of the estate. There has been some change within this part of the GDL, particularly with the construction of the caravan park, but to the east of Stormontfield Road change has been restricted to the extension of planting from the roundel and some loss of field boundaries. The proposed CTLR Project would introduce a new element across this part of the GDL, which would split the visually self-contained area, and sever the farmstead at Balboughty from some of its fields and create visual and aural disturbance through traffic movement. The magnitude of impact is assessed to be medium adverse, leading to an effect of moderate significance.

The area of large agricultural fields framed by woodland (LLCA 10) runs eastwards from Donald’s Bank and Clay Bank, incorporating the area of Grassy Walls Roman Camp Scheduled Monument (see below).

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The area is visually relatively self-contained, due to the woodland that surrounds much of it, though plantation felling along Clay Bank has opened up limited views over the GDL towards Scone Palace, a little over 1km away. The fields are on undulating land. The boundaries of the field system in this area do not appear to have changed since the OS 1st Edition 6-Inch map (1862). Some isolated trees and small areas of planting in the eastern part of the area can be seen on historical mapping but had been removed by 1945. The area does not form part of the parkland of the GDL, but rather forms part of the agricultural land within the Scone estate. The principal setting of this LLCA itself, and the relationship between the blocks of woodland, the fields and the farms and other rural settlements within the LLCA. Intervisibility with the proposed CTLR Project will vary markedly across the LLCA. There will be some intervisibility from the ridge at Clay Bank, especially in those areas which are subject to periodic felling. Within the open fields west of Stormontfield Road, there will be limited intervisibility with the proposed CTLR Project, including potentially with the A9 interchange and bridge. To the east of Stormontfield Road there will be intervisibility with the proposed CTLR Project, with the associated movement and noise of traffic along the road forming a new intrusive element into the further-off setting of the historic farmland. The contribution of the setting to the value of the GDL is assessed to be of medium value. The magnitude of impact of the proposed CTLR Project is assessed to be medium, with the significance of effect predicted to be slight.

The most extensive LLCA entirely within the Scone Palace GDL is LLCA 11, the designed landscape of policy trees. This area would have been considerably more extensive when the landscape was initially designed, with an area of open arable at Bowmans Field (LLCA 6), race course (LLCA 7) and caravan park (LLCA 8) being created within this area of parkland. The principal elements of the setting are the area of policy trees itself, including the formal access into the area, especially along the Queen’s Drive, and views between the area and Scone Palace. Wider views into the landscape, both within the GDL, such as towards Clay Bank and beyond, for example to the hills west and south of Perth, form a more minor component of the setting. The proposed CTLR Project does not pass through this LLCA. Most parts of the LLCA would be screened by minor topographic variations and by blocks of trees. Some sections of the proposed CTLR Project , the A9 Grade Separated Junction, the CTLR Bridge, the upper slopes of the cutting through Berthapark knoll, and the embankment across Bowmen’s Fold may be visible from some of the open and elevated parts of this LLCA. These would form new elements to the landscape that would contrast with its historic landscape pattern and create sources of visual and aural distraction from the parkland landscape. The contribution of the setting to the value of the GDL is assessed to be of high value. The magnitude of impact of the proposed CTLR Project is assessed to be low, with the significance of effect predicted to be slight.

The area characterised as ‘west facing arable and wooded slopes’ (LLCA 12) is principally an area of agricultural land with some managed woodland, with the part within the GDL effectively centred on the farm at Balboughty, which includes two listed buildings (Balboughty Steading, Sweco No. 40LB18377, Balboughty House Sweco No. 39LB18378). This area is not included as parkland in the historical mapping, and the woodland is part of an area of plantation forestry that has been used in this way since at least the 1860s when it appears in the 1st Edition OS mapping. The lower lying parts of this area are quite visually self-contained due to the surrounding blocks of woodland, though there are more open views from the higher land near Highfield Plantation. The historical role of this part of the GDL would have been an economic/agricultural one. There has been limited change within this part of the GDL, in the form of the amalgamation of some of the fields. The proposed CTLR Project would introduce a new element across this part of the GDL, which would split the visually self-contained lower areas, further sever the farmstead at Balboughty from some of its fields and change the landform of the upper fields through the creation of a road cutting. There would also be visual and aural disturbance through traffic movement. The contribution of the setting to the value of the GDL is assessed to be of medium value. The magnitude of impact of the proposed CTLR Project is assessed to be high, with the significance of effect predicted to be moderate.

The core area of the GDL is Old Scone, with the associated woodland, formal approaches to Scone Palace and its terrace (LLCA 13, Figure 8.4). The setting assessment of the built elements, including the palace and terraces, chapel and stables are assessed separately below. Most of this area is heavily wooded, and even those elements not heavily planted, such as the walled garden, are surrounded by woodland. Most of the proposed CTLR Project would be visually screened by woodland. The exception would be from the western edge of the LLCA which is open. From here the proposed CTLR Project would appear in the distance, filtered or partially screened by parkland trees in the fore- and mid-ground. The

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elements visible would be of the CTLR Bridge, Realigned A9 Grade Separated Junction, upper slopes of the cutting through Berthapark knoll, and the embankment across Bowmen’s Fold. Although these would not be particularly prominent due to the filtered nature of the views and the distance, they would contrast in character to the designed landscape, distracting from the historic landscape elements within the fore- and mid-ground. The contribution of the setting to the value of the GDL is assessed to be of high value. The magnitude of impact of the proposed CTLR Project is assessed to be medium, with the significance of effect predicted to be moderate.

At the eastern edge of the GDL is an area of wooded hills (LLCA 14), which is the Highfield Plantation and Langedge Wood. The shape and extent of this area of plantation woodland is very similar to that shown on the OS 1st Edition 6 Inch map (1862), with a slight extension of wooded area within the GDL towards Highfield Farm. The earlier Roy Military Survey suggests that forestry was being undertaken in the area, though probably within a smaller area. This LLCA is screened from much of the rest of the GDL by intervening topography and woodland, but there are some distant views, for example from the higher sections of Stormontfield Road, and from Balboughty and the A93. Part of the south-eastern edge of Highfield Plantation forms a section of the boundary of the GDL, though this is not clearly discernible beyond the fields that bound it. The main element of the setting of this element of the GDL is the wooded character, which is dense in places, but also interspersed with areas of felling, a pattern that will have been repeated over the considerable history of the plantation. The proposed CTLR Project would remove a portion of this wooded area, some of it permanently, and would introduce traffic movement and noise, which would create a distraction from the setting. The removal of trees and change in the character of this portion of the landscape is unlikely to be discernible at distance, though it would be noticeable from the A93 where this crosses the proposed route. The contribution of the setting to the value of the GDL is assessed to be of medium value. The magnitude of impact of the proposed CTLR Project is assessed to be medium, with the significance of effect predicted to be slight.

Gold Castle, enclosure 200m SW of Donald’s Bank (Sweco No. 17), Scheduled Monument (SM7572) is located on the south-eastern bank of the River Tay. The scheduled area slopes up from the river, with the main part of the area having a low relief undulating surface. Most of the area is currently under temporary pasture. Dominant elements of the landscape include the river and the nearby slopes to the east, and to a lesser degree the woodland growing along these slopes. There are longer distance views towards the hills to the east and southeast. The relative lack of information concerning the asset makes it difficult to ascertain what elements of the setting might be considered of importance. Assuming the identification of a possible barrow in the southwestern area of the asset is correct, it may be suggested that the vicinity of the river may be significant, as a barrow at this point would probably have been visible from the river and the opposite shore. The proposed CTLR Project would create new elements in the landscape, both in terms of the bridge and the road that would run east from it. The new elements would create considerable visual and aural distractions from the asset, including some degree of distraction from the visual relationship with the river. The magnitude of impact is assessed as being medium adverse. Taking into account the moderate contribution the setting makes to the understanding and appreciation of the site the significance of effect is predicted to be slight.

Bertha Roman Fort (Sweco No 20) Scheduled Monument (SM2403) is positioned on a terrace overlooking the confluence of the River Tay and River Almond. The site is bisected by the Highland Main Line railway, which runs on an embankment through the fort, creating two separate areas in terms of the setting of the asset. The smaller part of the fort to the west of the railway embankment is closely bounded by the A9 to the west. The principal strategic function of the fort would have been to control the river crossings. The smaller part of the fort is entirely physically and visually separated from the River Tay, and the views to the River Almond are largely obscured by the bridges over the River Almond, particularly the railway viaduct. The close proximity of the A9 creates constant visual and aural distraction from the site. The current setting of this part of the asset therefore makes no contribution to the understanding, appreciation and experience of the asset. The proposed re-alignment of the A9 will change little in the immediate vicinity of this part of the fort. The bridge and associated junction would have limited visibility, being partially obscured by the railway embankment and treelines. The impact of the proposed CTLR Project is assessed as having nil magnitude and therefore no effect significance. The proposed temporary route across the River Almond and the fort at Bertha would be completely screened from this section of the fort by the railway embankment and viaduct, and therefore would have no impact or effect on the setting of this part of the fort.

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The larger portion of the fort is to the east of the railway embankment. The embankment severs the portions of the fort physically and visually, considerably degrading the internal setting of the fort. Within the eastern portion of the fort, particularly towards the eastern, and to a lesser degree southern, edges of the fort it is easier to understand and appreciate the probable original purpose in the siting of the fort, that is, the control of movement across and along the rivers. From the eastern and southern terraces, on which most of the scheduled area is located, the importance of the position of the fort with respect to the rivers is more apparent. This relationship is not as readily apparent from the interior of the fort due to the presence of hedgerows and mature trees screening views in this direction. Views of the eastern bank of the River Tay are disrupted and in places screened by the trees and large bushes, reducing the contribution of this element of the setting to the understanding and appreciation of the siting of the fort in terms of controlling traffic across the river.

The River Tay bridge and associated junction with the A9 are likely to be the most visible elements of the proposed CTLR Project from the asset. Looking north from the interior of the eastern portion of the fort, these would be partially screened by the railway embankment and treelines. Towards the eastern edge of the terrace on which the fort is situated, on the footpath that passes along this edge, the existing trees and hedges would disrupt views towards the proposed River Tay Bridge, but the mass of the bridge and the movement of traffic along it would still be discernible, creating a distraction effect, and partially severing the views along the river to the north, which, as noted above, is an element of the setting relating to the function of the fort in controlling movement along the river. The magnitude of impact on the eastern portion of the fort is assessed as being medium adverse. Considering the level of contribution, the setting makes to the understanding, appreciation and experience of the asset, the significance of effect is assessed as being slight.

One of the proposed temporary roads for the construction of the proposed CTLR Project would cross the fort from south to north, close to the railway embankment. Within this area of the fort the railway embankment forms a dominant element of the internal setting of the fort. The operation of the construction track would increase the element of visual distraction created by the railway and the occasional passage of trains. The additional distraction would create an adverse impact of medium magnitude on an element of the asset’s setting that does not contribute greatly to the understanding and appreciation of the fort. The significance of effect is therefore assessed as being very slight.

Grassy Walls Camp (Sweco No. 36) Scheduled Monument (SM4072) is situated in an area of undulating ground, with all of the area of a prehistoric unenclosed settlement within the area delimited by Clay Bank, Coney Bank and Donald’s Bank. Although most of the area of the Roman temporary fort also lies within this area, the southwestern and south-eastern corners of the camp lie on lower-lying ground below Clay Bank and Coney Bank. The potential intervisibility between the scheduled monument and the proposed CTLR Project therefore varies considerably across the area of the Scheduled Monument.

The prehistoric unenclosed settlement is situated within the southern central portion of the scheduled area. Much of it lies within a depression, and the southern part of the prehistoric element is close against the current wooded areas, which are a mixture of permanent woodland and conifer plantation. The location of the prehistoric settlement may reflect a combination of factors, such as being on well drained land while allowing access to the floodplain of the River Tay and the river itself. As such, the wider landscape setting makes a limited contribution to the understanding, appreciation and experience of the asset, which is currently somewhat reduced by the presence of nearby woodland. The route of the proposed CTLR Project means that the sections of road that would be closest to this part of the scheduled area would be visually screened. Views toward the proposed River Tay bridge and the road close to the eastern bank of the River Tay would be partially intervisible in the event of the felling of the plantation on Clay Bank. The elements of the proposed CTLR Project that would be intervisible with the prehistoric settlement would constitute a new element in the landscape, and one which would create a degree of distraction from the contribution of the landscape to the asset. The magnitude of impact is assessed as low and taking into account the limited contribution the setting makes to this element of the Scheduled Monument; the significance of effect is assessed as very slight.

The main extent of the Roman fort is set on the higher ground delimited by Clay Bank, Coney Bank and Donald’s Bank. As a defensive position located close to the river, and straddling a major route, the principal elements of the setting are the views along and to the river, especially where it runs close to the ramparts to the northwest of the camp, and northeast and southwest over the areas crossed by the route

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of the former Roman road. Currently all these elements of the setting are to a degree compromised by the presence of significant planting that screens views over these areas, particularly with respect to where the scheduled area meets the river and the route of the Roman road heading to the north-east, as these areas of woodland are permanent deciduous woodland. To the south-west less of the view is currently screened due to felling of forestry, and in the event of further felling of the plantation on Clay Bank the land crossed by the route of the former Roman road would be visible, though the precise route would not be discernible. Within the main extent of the Roman camp the route of the proposed CTLR Project means that the sections of road that would be closest to this part of the scheduled area would be visually screened. Views toward the proposed River Tay bridge and the road close to the eastern bank of the River Tay would be partially intervisible in the event of the felling of the plantation on Clay Bank. The elements of the proposed CTLR Project that would be intervisible with the Roman camp would constitute a new element in the landscape, and one which would create a degree of distraction from the contribution of the landscape to the asset. The magnitude of impact is assessed as low and taking into account the limited contribution the setting makes to this element of the Scheduled Monument, the significance of effect is assessed as very slight.

The south-eastern and southwestern corners of the scheduled area are situated at a lower level than the rest of the Roman camp. The current setting of these areas, particularly the southwestern corner, includes views toward the river and across the land which the route of the former Roman road crosses. These views are unscreened and open. The elements of the proposed CTLR Project that would be intervisible with this part of the Roman camp would constitute a new element in the landscape. In particular the road itself would run close to these areas, potentially forming a dominant element in the view, and traffic passing nearby along the road would create a considerable visual and aural distraction. The road would also physically and visually sever this part of the camp from the more distant part of the floodplain which the route of the former Roman road crosses in the direction of the former crossing point of the river. The magnitude of impact is therefore assessed as being high, on an element of the setting that makes an appreciable contribution to the understanding, appreciation and experience of this part of the Roman camp. The significance of effect is therefore assessed to be substantial.

Main Stand, Perth Racecourse, Scone Palace Park, Category B Listed Building (LB52137) is located immediately by the Perth Racecourse. The principal setting of the Main Stand is the racecourse, onto which the building fronts. The building is substantially screened from the route of the proposed CTLR Project by the woodland around the current caravan park. The magnitude of impact is therefore assessed to be nil, with the significance of effect therefore also being assessed as nil.

Lochton House, ring-ditch 390m SE of, (Sweco No. 27) Scheduled Monument (SM6946), interpreted as a ring-ditch house, is located in an area of gently sloping arable farmland, positioned between two areas of woodland, the original planting of which probably date to the 19th century. As a domestic site, longer distance views are unlikely to form a significant part of the setting. The immediate landscape setting is historically recent in terms of its organisation and patterning, and therefore makes a very limited contribution to understanding and appreciating the asset. The new road would pass relatively close to the asset (approximately 65m) and would constitute a considerable change to the landscape. In particular the passage of traffic along the new road would form a source of visual and aural distraction. The magnitude of impact is assessed as being medium. Taking into account the very limited contribution the setting of the asset makes to understanding, appreciating and experiencing the asset, the significance of effect is assessed as very slight.

Lochton House, enclosure 350m SE of, (Sweco No. 27) Scheduled Monument (SM6722) is located in an area of gently sloping arable farmland, positioned close to two areas of woodland, the original planting of which probably date to the 19th century. As a domestic site, longer distance views are unlikely to form a significant part of the setting. The scheduling information indicates a potential relationship with the barrow cemetery immediately to the north (SM6932, see below), which would mean that the visual and spatial relationship from the enclosure to the barrow cemetery upslope to the north would be the key setting element. The immediate modern landscape setting is historically recent in terms of its organisation and patterning, and therefore makes a very limited contribution to understanding and appreciating the asset. The visual and spatial relationship with the barrow cemetery to the north makes a greater contribution. The new road would be screened by established woodland in the area of Stormont Road and immediately to the south of the asset. The closest intervisible section of road would pass the asset at approximately 250m and would constitute a noticeable change to the landscape. In particular the

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passage of traffic along the new road would form a source of visual and aural distraction. The magnitude of impact is assessed as being medium. Taking into account the limited contribution the setting of the asset makes to understanding, appreciating and experiencing the asset, particularly in the area cut by the proposed CTLR Project, the significance of effect is assessed as very slight.

Blairhall barrow cemetery and cursus, S of (Sweco No. 38), Scheduled Monument (SM6932) consists of a probable cursus monument, aligned ENE to WSW, with a row of five round barrows approximately 60m north of the cursus and in parallel to it. Two other round barrows intersect the eastern end of the cursus. None of the features survives above ground level, but they are recorded from aerial photographs. The current landscape of the Scheduled Monument is arable farmland. The field in which the asset is set is relatively level, but the land climbs to the southeast in the direction of the proposed CTLR Project. To the north the scheduled area is bounded by Blairhall Plantation, with a smaller block of woodland at the south-eastern corner. The principal discernible element of the setting of the Scheduled Monument is the internal spatial (and formerly visual) relationship between the row of five barrows and the cursus. Cursuses are generally dated to the early Neolithic and round barrows to the Bronze Age. The positions of the barrows respect the cursus, indicating its survival as a landscape feature into the Bronze Age, and that the barrows were positioned to be intervisible with the cursus. One interpretation of the function of cursuses is that they formed processional ways for religious ceremonies. The alignment of the cursus is such that it may have been oriented on the rapidly rising ground around Honeyhill. Aside from these elements, the wider landscape setting makes relatively little contribution to the value of the asset.

Sections of the proposed CTLR Project are screened from the Scheduled Monument by permanent woodland. The sections of the proposed road that are intervisible with the asset would constitute a new element in the landscape. In views along the alignment of the cursus the new road would form a highly peripheral element. However, limited views of the road and the traffic moving along it would be possible when viewed from the location of the round barrows, looking over the cursus, and these views would experience a degree of distraction. The magnitude of impact is assessed as being medium. Taking into account the level of contribution the setting makes to the value of the asset the significance of effect is assessed to be slight.

Balboughty Steading, (Sweco No. 40) Category B Listed Building, (LB18377) is a large rubble built symmetrical steading block with a centre tower with clock, and an open square cupola. The style is generally Italianate. The building was built in 1858-61. Balboughty House, (Sweco No. 39) Category C Listed Building, (LB18378) is a two-storey asymmetrical house, rubble built with Gothic barge-boards. The house was built in 1851-2. To the northwest of these assets there are a number of more recent sheds and barns, variously built of corrugated iron, wood and cement sheets. Further to the north-west Dairy Wood also screens the steading building. There are limited views towards farmland to the north, giving a visual connection to the function of the assets. To the south the assets are largely screened from the A93 by trees and a dense hedgerow. The principal setting of the assets are their visual and spatial relationships to each other and a limited number of nearby contemporary buildings, including the dairy. The proposed CTLR Project would form a new element in the landscape and may create a sense of severance from some of the fields to the north of the assets. The visual relationship between the assets and related contemporary buildings would not be affected. The magnitude of impact is assessed as being medium. Taking into account the level of contribution the setting makes to the value of the asset the significance of effect is assessed to be slight.

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Sheriffton, barrow cemetery, 200m NE of (Sweco No. 74) Scheduled Monument (SM6723) is located in an area that is relatively flat, at some distance away from the nearest break of slope and was therefore probably not located with the intention of the barrows being visible over considerable distances. The current setting is arable land, with a substantial area of woodland immediately to the south. This woodland and other blocks of permanent woodland further south, would largely screen the asset from the route of the proposed CTLR Project. The only likely intervisibility would be in terms of traffic movement along the road as it passes Dairy Wood; the road itself would be unlikely to be visible. Over this distance and considering the small section of traffic movement that would be visible, it is assessed that the magnitude of impact would be nil, with the significance of effect therefore also being assessed as nil.

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Scone Palace, including terraces, Category A Listed Building (LB18370) forms part of a complex of nearby designated heritage assets, as well as being at the core of the Scone Palace GDL. The palace building faces the northeast, with the main planned view being down the driveway to the house, through densely planted woodland. Also looking approximately north-west from the house, the Mortuary Chapel and Boot Hill are clearly visible (see below). There are extensive views from the house and terraces through the parkland towards the river to the south-west, and through the parkland to the west, with the racecourse partially visible. In the vicinity of the house there are considerable numbers of mature trees and shrubs, which screen or break up views to the northwest and north. Views toward the proposed CTLR Project will be highly limited, with topographic screening of most of the route, and the limited section that is only partially screened topographically would have views in this direction further broken up by the parkland trees. The impact magnitude is therefore assessed to be very low adverse. Taking into account the contribution the setting makes to understanding, appreciating and experiencing the asset, including the changes to the historic parkland, particularly with regard to the effects of the racecourse, the significance of effect is assessed to be negligible.

Scone Palace Mortuary Chapel, including Boot (or Moot) Hill, Category A Listed Building (LB18371), Scheduled Monument (SM13595) is situated very close to Scone Palace. The chapel is set on Boot Hill, which is actually a levelled platform. The chapel is situated in an area of mature trees that make the chapel somewhat secluded. Views toward the proposed CTLR Project will be highly limited, with topographic screening of most of the route, and the limited section that is only partially screened topographically would have views in this direction further broken up by the parkland trees. The impact magnitude is therefore assessed to be very low adverse. Taking into account the contribution the setting makes to understanding, appreciating and experiencing the asset, including the changes to the historic parkland, particularly with regard to the effects of the racecourse, the significance of effect is assessed to be negligible.

Scone Palace Stables, Category B Listed Building (LB18376) is located approximately 120m north-east of the palace. It is surrounded by double lines of trees or other areas of woodland, which substantially screen the asset. This seclusion is enhanced in the direction of the palace, as the stables are also partially screened from the house by the platform of Boot Hill. Views toward the proposed CTLR Project will be extremely limited, with topographic screening and screening by lines of trees, including mature specimen conifers, for most of the route. The very limited section that is only partially screened topographically would have views in this direction further broken up by the parkland trees. The impact magnitude is therefore assessed to be nil, and the significance of effect nil.

Balgarvie, unenclosed settlement 350 ESE of Scheduled Monument (SM6947) is an unenclosed settlement site, probably of prehistoric date. It survives purely as a cropmark site. It is situated in arable farmland on a small prominence, with a steep slope to the southeast to the Murrayshall Burn. To the west of the site the modern housing at the eastern edge of Scone is visible, and Balgarvie Farm occupies higher ground to the northwest. Movement along the A94 is discernible. The small scale rolling landform of the area tends to impede longer distance views from the asset; however, there are views to the southeast to the standing stone at Mill of Bonhard. The proposed CTLR Project would have limited visibility from the asset, the main visible element being the roundabout that would form the junction with the A94. The proposed CTLR Project would only be visible in distant views, and mainly in the context of the junction with the existing A94. Views between the asset and the Mill of Bonhard standing stone would be unaffected. The magnitude of effect is therefore assessed to be very low, as the proposed CTLR Project would only affect a limited part of the setting that makes little contribution to the value of the asset. The significance of effect is therefore assessed to be negligible.

Mill of Bonhard, unenclosed settlement and standing stone 200m S of, Scheduled Monument (SM6711) consists of a standing stone, thought to be of Neolithic date, surrounded by cropmarks that appear to include the buried remains of later prehistoric roundhouses. The asset is locally prominent, being set on a low ridge, but wider views are generally blocked by nearby hills. The intervisibility of the asset with the Scheduled Monument at Balgarvie has been noted above. The standing stone is often difficult to see, due to its relatively small size, and in views from the northeast to northwest is often backdropped by trees which increase the difficulty of spotting the stone. The A94 is distantly and partially visible from the stone. The nature of the landscape surrounding the stone means that long distance views do not form a significant part of the setting. The main setting of the unenclosed settlement element would

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have been the fields that would have surrounded the settlement. Although the asset is still set in arable land, the current layout of fields and patterns of land use are modern. The proposed CTLR Project would have very limited visibility from the asset. The magnitude of effect is therefore assessed to be very low, as the proposed CTLR Project would only affect a limited part of the setting that makes little contribution to the value of the asset. The significance of effect is therefore assessed to be negligible.

Bonhard Park, unenclosed settlement SE of, Scheduled Monument (SM6708) is situated on a southwest facing slope in an arable field. There is a modern house next to the asset. As an unenclosed prehistoric settlement, the principal setting would have been the surrounding fields. Although the asset is still set in arable land, the current layout of fields and patterns of land use are modern. The situation of the site on a southwest facing slope may reflect other desirable characteristics of the site in agricultural terms such as better drainage and better microclimate. Views towards the proposed CTLR Project would be very restricted, with the southern part of the scheduled area unlikely to be intervisible. The magnitude of effect is therefore assessed to be nil, and the significance of effect is therefore assessed to be none.

Shianbank, stone circles and pillboxes 325m E of Scheduled Monument (SM2314) consists of two stone circles and two World War II pillboxes. The principal element of the setting of the northerly pillbox is a view towards the A94 and the former Perth Airfield, for which the pillboxes formed a part of the defences, though this is partly screened by woodland planted along the Annaty Burn. The southern pillbox was positioned to protect the larger northern pillbox. Its principal setting elements are the short distance views to the other pillbox and views to the south from the prominence that the pillboxes are set on.

The stone circles probably date to the Neolithic or Bronze Age. They have been considerably damaged, and one of the pillboxes is situated between the stone circles. Mature trees also partially obscure the asset. The circles are located on a ridge of higher ground, which forms a local prominence, which is especially clear when viewed from the north, though areas of woodland screen a considerable section of the closest view from the bottom of the valley that the A94 runs through. The stone circles appear to have been positioned to be visible in the area of the valley of the Annaty Burn, and therefore the location of the stone circles makes a considerable contribution to understanding, appreciating and experiencing them.

The proposed CTLR Project will be partially visible from the asset, including the junction with the A94. The proposed CTLR Project will form a new element in the landscape and would slightly increase distraction due to traffic movement in comparison to the current traffic on the A94. As the principal setting elements of the pillboxes do not face in the direction of the proposed CTLR Project, the magnitude of effect is therefore assessed to be very low and would only affect a limited part of the setting that makes little contribution to the value of the asset. The significance of effect is therefore assessed to be negligible. The principal setting elements of the stone circles does incorporate the visible parts of the proposed CTLR Project. The magnitude of impact is assessed as being low. Taking into account the level of contribution the setting makes to the value of the asset; the significance of effect is assessed to be slight.

1.7 RESIDUAL EFFECTS

No additional mitigation for effects on setting are proposed. The landscape mitigation proposed in Chapter 8 has been incorporated into the assessment. The operational effects are therefore the same as the residual effects, as summarised in Table 1.2.

Table 1.2: Residual Significance of Effect, Operational Impacts

Sweco Residual Name Designation Number/ Significance of Index Number Effect Denmarkfield, field boundaries None Sweco No. 10 Negligible

Broxy Kennels, multivallate fort None Sweco No. 4 Moderate

Broxy Kennels, circular enclosure None Sweco No. 6 Slight

Bertha, possible ring ditches None Sweco No. 14 Very slight

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Sweco Residual Name Designation Number/ Significance of Index Number Effect Scheduled Sweco No. 44, Cairnton Cottage Cairn Very slight Monument SM1508 Lochton House, enclosure 350m Scheduled Sweco No. 37, Very slight ESE of Monument SM6722 Lochton House, ring-ditch 390m SE Scheduled Sweco No. 27, Very slight of Monument SM6946 Grassy Walls, Roman camp and Scheduled Sweco No. 36, Very slight to prehistoric settlement, Sheriffton Monument SM4072 substantial Blairhall, barrow cemetery and Scheduled Sweco No. 38, Slight cursus S of Monument SM6932 Gold Castle, enclosure 200m SW of Scheduled Sweco No. 17, Slight Donald's Bank Monument SM7572 Scheduled Sweco No. 20, Bertha, Roman fort Very slight Monument SM2403 Garden and Very slight to Scone Palace Designed GDL00338 substantial Landscape King’s Stone, standing stone 90m Scheduled SM1556 Very slight SE of Denmarkfield Road Monument Belvedere House Listed Building LB 17904 Negligible Main Stand, Perth Racecourse, Listed Building LB52137 Nil Scone Palace Park Sheriffton, barrow cemetery, 200m Scheduled SM6723 Nil NE of Monument Scone Palace, including terraces Listed Building LB18370 Negligible Listed Building/ Scone Palace Mortuary Chapel, LB18371, Scheduled Negligible including Boot (or Moot) Hill SM13595 Monument Scone Palace Stables Listed Building LB18376 Nil

Balboughty Steading Listed Building LB18377 Slight Balgarvie, unenclosed settlement Scheduled SM6947 Negligible 350 ESE of Monument Mill of Bonhard, unenclosed Scheduled settlement and standing stone SM6711 Negligible Monument 200m S of, Bonhard Park, unenclosed Scheduled SM6708 Nil settlement SE of, Monument Shianbank, stone circles and Scheduled SM2314 Slight pillboxes 325m E of Monument

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