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Daer Wind Farm Issue Date Revision Details 1238273A 11/02/2021 Released Chapter 9 Cultural Heritage Contents 9.1 STATEMENT OF COMPETENCE 3 9.2 INTRODUCTION 3 9.3 LEGISLATION AND POLICY CONTEXT 3 Legislation 3 Planning Policy 3 Guidance 4 9.4 SCOPING AND CONSULTATION 4 9.5 METHODOLOGY 5 Study Area 5 Desk Based research and Data Sources 5 Field Survey 6 Limitations and Assumptions 6 Assessment of Potential Effects 6 Assigning Heritage Sensitivity to Assets 6 Criteria for Assessing the Magnitude of Change 7 Assessing Significance 7 Cumulative Effects 7 9.6 BASELINE CONDITIONS 7 Heritage Assets within Inner Study Area (Figure 9.1; Appendix 9.1) 7 Prehistoric Archaeology 8 Medieval and Post Medieval 8 Modern Period 9 Historic Landscape Character 9 Archaeological potential within the Inner Study Area 10 Heritage Assets along Primary Proposed Access Route (Figure 9.2; Appendix 9.2) 10 Prehistoric Archaeology 10 Medieval and Post Medieval 10 Heritage Assets within Outer Study Area (Figure 9.3; Appendices 9.3 and 9.4) 10 Future Baseline 11 9.7 ASSESSMENT OF LIKELY EFFECTS 11 Potential Construction Effects 11 Potential Operational Effects 11 Direct Effects 11 Setting Effects 11 9.8 CUMULATIVE IMPACTS 13 Environmental Impact Assessment Report 9-1 Chapter 9: Cultural Heritage Daer Wind Farm 9.9 DECOMMISSIONING IMPACTS 14 cairns. 9.10 MITIGATION 14 Construction Phase Mitigation 14 List of Abbreviations Preservation in Situ / Marking-off 14 List and describe your abbreviations here. No mitigation 14 Watching Briefs 14 Abbreviation Description Post-Excavation 14 CA Conservation Area Construction Guidelines 15 CFA CFA Archaeology Ltd Mitigation during Operation 15 CIfA Chartered Institute for Archaeologists Mitigation during Decommissioning 15 DGC Dumfries and Galloway Council 9.11 RESIDUAL IMPACTS 15 DGCAS Dumfries and Galloway Council Archaeological Service Residual Construction Effects 15 Residual Operational Effects 15 EIA Environmental Impact Assessment Residual Decommissioning Effects 15 EIAR Environmental Impact Assessment Report Residual Cumulative Construction Effects 15 GDL Garden and Designed Landscape (Inventory) Residual Cumulative Operational Effects 15 HER Historic Environment Record 9.12 MONITORING 15 HES Historic Environment Scotland Construction Phase Monitoring 15 LB Listed Building Operation Phase Monitoring 15 SLC South Lanarkshire Council Decommissioning Phase Monitoring 15 SM Scheduled Monument 9.13 CONCLUSION 15 WoSAS West of Scotland Archaeology Service Glossary ZTV Zone of Theoretical Visibility Term Definition Burnt mound A mound of fire-cracked stone, often set beside a stream and including a trough or pit which may have been lined with clay, wood or stone. Assumed to be a location where heated stones were used to boil water for cooking purposes. Cairn A monument featuring a bank or mound constructed primarily of stone. Clearance Cairn An irregularly constructed, generally unstructured, mound of stones. Often, but not necessarily, circular. Normally a by-product of field clearance for agricultural purposes. Cup and ring A stone or rock outcrop bearing roughly hemispherical depressions and/or concentric markings annular or penannular grooves. Complex designs also occur. Hut circle A low, circular or oval bank of turf, earth or stone, which represents the remains of a roundhouse of later prehistoric date. Sheep bucht A sheepfold, especially one in which to keep ewes at milking time. Sheep shelter A structure or enclosure, usually in a remote or upland location, which provides shelter for sheep in severe weather conditions. Sheepfold An enclosure for collecting, sorting and controlling sheep. Shepherds cairn A cairn of no great antiquity, erected to mark a particular spot in the landscape, often used as a marker or directional aid in upland areas. Shieling hut A small dwelling of stone or turf, occupied on a seasonal basis by people tending animals on upland pastures. Shooting butt Position often screened by earth, stone or wood from which game is shot. Small cairns A group of cairns in close proximity to each other, the majority of which are clearance Environmental Impact Assessment Report 9-2 Chapter 9: Cultural Heritage Daer Wind Farm 9.1 STATEMENT OF COMPETENCE 9.3 LEGISLATION AND POLICY CONTEXT 9.1.1 The cultural heritage chapter has been prepared by George Mudie MA (Hons) FSA Scot MCIfA, of CFA Legislation Archaeology Ltd (CFA) based in Musselburgh, East Lothian, a Registered Organisation (RO) of the Chartered Institute for Archaeologists (CIfA). Mr Mudie is Principal Consultant with CFA and is a Member of the Chartered 9.3.1 The scope of the assessment has been informed by the following legislation: Institute for Archaeologists (MCIfA). He has over 20 years full-time experience of producing Environmental • The Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 19791. Impact Assessments (EIAs) for renewable energy developments, and for other industrial and commercial 2 developments across the UK. • Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) (Scotland) Act 1997 (as amended up to 2020)) . • Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (Scotland) Regulations 20133 9.2 INTRODUCTION • The Electricity Act (1989) Schedule 9 (paragraph 3)4. 9.2.1 This chapter considers the likely significant effects of the proposed Daer Wind Farm Development (Proposed • Electricity Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Scotland) Regulations 20175. Development) on cultural heritage (historic environment sites and features, archaeology and built heritage); hereafter referred to as ‘heritage assets’. The assessment has been carried out using information provided by Planning Policy Historic Environment Scotland (HES), the West of Scotland Archaeology Service (WoSAS) on behalf of South 9.3.2 Of relevance to the cultural heritage assessment presented within this chapter, regard has been had to the Lanarkshire Council (SLC) and Dumfries and Galloway Council Archaeology Service (DGCAS) on behalf of following policies: Dumfries and Galloway Council (DGC). • National Planning Framework for Scotland 3 (NPF3) (Scottish Government, 2014)6. 9.2.2 The specific objectives of the Chapter are to: • Scottish Planning Policy (SPP) (Paragraphs 135-151). (Scottish Government, 2014)7 • Describe the cultural heritage baseline. • Historic Environment Policy for Scotland (HEPS) (HES, 2019)8. • Describe the assessment methodology and significance criteria used in completing the impact assessment. • Designation Policy and Selection Guidance (HES, 2019)9. • Describe the potential effects, including direct, indirect and cumulative effects. • Planning Advice Note 1/2013 (PAN 1): Environmental Impact Assessment (Scottish Government, 2013)10. • Describe the mitigation and, where appropriate, monitoring measures proposed to address likely significant • Planning Advice Note 2/2011 (PAN 2): Planning and Archaeology (Scottish Government, 2011)11. effects. • Dumfries and Galloway Council (DGC) Local Development Plan (LDP2) 201912. • Assess the residual effects remaining following the implementation of mitigation. 1. Policy HE1: Listed Buildings 9.2.3 This Chapter is supported by the following figures and technical appendices: 2. Policy HE2: Conservation Areas • Figure 9.1: Cultural Heritage: Inner Study Area. 3. Policy HE3: Archaeology • Figure 9.2: Cultural Heritage: Primary Proposed Access Route. 4. Policy HE4: Archaeological Sensitive Areas • Figure 9.3: Cultural Heritage: Outer Study Area. 5. Policy HE6: Gardens and Designed Landscapes • Figure 9.4: Cultural Heritage: Cumulative Developments. • LDP2 Draft Supplementary Guidance (2019): Historic Built Environment13 • Figures 9.5 to 9.15: Cultural Heritage Visualisations. • Technical Appendix 9.1: Heritage Assets within the Inner Study Area. 1 HM Government (1979) Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979 (reprinted 1996), HMSO, London • Technical Appendix 9.1: Heritage Assets along the Primary Proposed Access Route. 2 HM Government (1997) Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas (Scotland) Act 1997 (as amended up to 2020) HMSO • Technical Appendix 9.3: Heritage Assets within Outer Study Area and within 5 km of the Proposed London Development. 3 Scottish Government (2013) Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (Scotland) Regulations 2008, • Technical Appendix 9.4: Heritage Assets within Outer Study Area and between 5 km and 10 km from the Edinburgh Proposed Development. 4 HM Government (1989). Electricity Act 1989, HMSO, London 9.2.4 Where relevant, cross-reference is also made to Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment (LVIA) viewpoints, 5 Scottish Government (2017). Electricity Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Scotland) Regulations 2017, Edinburgh where these coincide with the locations of heritage assets in the wider landscape. 6 Scottish Government (2014) National Planning Framework for Scotland 3, Edinburgh 9.2.5 Figures and technical appendices are referenced in the text where relevant. 7 Scottish Government (2014). Scottish Planning Policy. Edinburgh 8 HES (2019). Historic Environment Policy for Scotland. Edinburgh 9 HES (2019). Designation Policy and Selection Guidance, Edinburgh 10 Scottish Government (2013) Planning Advice Note (PAN) 1/2013: Environmental Impact Assessment, Edinburgh 11 Scottish Government (2011) Planning Advice Note (PAN) 2/2011: Planning and Archaeology, Edinburgh 12 Dumfries and Galloway Council (2019) Local Development Plan (LDP2), Dumfries Environmental Impact Assessment Report 9-3 Chapter 9: Cultural Heritage