Faw Side Community Wind Farm – EIA Report Section 9 – Cultural Heritage Section 9 Figures CULTURAL HERITAGE Figure 9.1 Cultural Heritage Study Areas Contents Figure 9.2 Heritage Assets within the ISA – North Figure 9.3 Heritage Assets within the ISA – South 9.1 Introduction ........................................................................................................................................................... 3 Figure 9.4 Heritage Assets discussed in text within the OSA – North 9.2 Policy And Guidance .............................................................................................................................................. 3 Figure 9.5 Heritage Assets discussed in text within OSA – South and Insets Figure 9.6 SM4543: Eskdalemuir Manse, cairn 230m west of 9.3 Consultations ......................................................................................................................................................... 6 Figure 9.7 SM4409: Rigfoot, settlement 9.4 Methodology ......................................................................................................................................................... 7 Figure 9.8 SM4411: Sorbie, settlement 650m NW of 9.5 Baseline Conditions ............................................................................................................................................. 10 Figure 9.9 SM4691: Lyneholm, settlement 500m WSW and homestead 250m SW of 9.6 Impact Assessment .............................................................................................................................................. 14 Figure 9.10 SM646: Bogle Walls, fort Figure 9.11 SM4393: Brieryshaw Hill, fort and settlement 9.7 Proposed Mitigation ............................................................................................................................................ 23 Figure 9.12 SM4401: Loch Hill, fort 745m NNE of Hoghill 9.8 Residual Effects.................................................................................................................................................... 23 Figure 9.13 SM12740: Craig, two forts 650m SSW of 9.9 Cumulative Effects ............................................................................................................................................... 23 Figure 9.14 SM12750: Eweslees, watch tower 1980m NW of Figure 9.14a SM12750: Eweslees, watch tower 1980m NW of Figure 9.15 LB9727: Arkleton House Tables Table 9.1 Summary of issues identified from consultations Table 9.2 Archaeological potential Appendices Table 9.3 Criteria for Assessing the Importance of Heritage Assets Table 9.4 Criteria for Assessing the Magnitude of Impacts on Heritage Assets Appendix 9.1 Gazetteer Of Heritage Assets Within The Inner Study Area Table 9.5 Criteria for Assessing the Significant of Effects on Heritage Assets Appendix 9.2 Undesignated Assets In The Inner Study Area Excluded From Assessment Table 9.6 Heritage Assets within the ISA included in the Assessment Appendix 9.3 Scheduled Monuments In The Outer Study Area Excluded Table 9.7 Scheduled Monuments included in the Assessment Appendix 9.4 Listed Buildings In The Outer Study Area Excluded Table 9.8 Listed buildings included in the Assessment Table 9.9 Listed buildings within Langholm CA included in the Assessment Table 9.10 Undesignated Heritage Assets in the OSA included in the Assessment Table 9.11 Listed Buildings within NIDLs included in the Assessment Table 9.12 Heritage Assets subject to potential Construction Impacts Section 1 – Page 1 Section 9 – Cultural Heritage Faw Side Community Wind Farm – EIA Report Glossary Abbreviations Term Definition Abbreviation Description Scheduled A scheduled monument is a nationally historic building or site that is included in AOD Above Ordnance Datum Monuments the Schedule of Monuments kept by Historic Environment Scotland. The ASA Archaeologically Sensitive Areas particular significance needed to define the monument as of ‘national’ CA Conservation Areas importance may be established in terms of one or more of the following: CIFA Chartered Institute for Archaeologists a. its inherent capability or potential to make a significant addition to the DGC Dumfries and Galloway Council understanding or appreciation of the past; EIA Environmental Impact Assessment b. its retention of the structural, decorative or field characteristics of its kind to a HER Historic Environment Record marked degree; HES Historic Environment Scotland c. its contribution, or the contribution of its class, to today’s landscape and/or HESPS Historic Environment Scotland Policy Statement the historic landscape; IGDL Inventory Garden and Designed Landscape d. the quality and extent of any documentation or association that adds to the ISA Inner Study Area understanding of the monument or its context; LDP Local Development Plan e. the diminution of the potential of a particular class or classes of monument to MCHE Managing Change in the Historic Environment contribute to an understanding of the past, should the monument be lost or damaged; and NCAP National Collection of Aerial Photography f. its place in the national consciousness is a factor that may be considered in NRHE National Record of the Historic Environment support of other factors. (HESPS 2016, Annex1) NSR Non-Statutory Register Category A listed Buildings of national or international importance, either architectural or historic, OSA Outer Study Area building or fine little-altered examples of some particular period style or building type SBC Scottish Borders Council (HESPS 2016, Note 2.17) SG Supplementary guidance Category B listed Buildings of regional or more than local importance, or major examples of some SNH Scottish National Heritage building particular period, style or building type. (HESPS 2016, Note 2.17) SPP Scottish Planning Policy Category C listed Buildings of local importance; lesser examples of any period, style, or building ZTV Zone of Theoretical Visibility building type, as originally constructed or altered; and simple, traditional buildings which group well with others. (HESPS 2016, Note 2.17) Conservation Areas Conservation areas "are areas of special architectural or historic interest, the character or appearance of which it is desirable to preserve or enhance". (HESPS 2016, Annex 3) Inventory Gardens The inventory includes gardens and designed landscapes of national importance. and Designed Sites are assessed for their: Landscapes a. value as individual works of art in their own right; b. historic value; c. horticultural, arboricultural or silvicultural value; d. architectural value; e. scenic value; f. nature conservation value; and g. archaeological value. (HESPS 2016, Annex 5) World Heritage Sites World Heritage Sites are cultural and/or natural sites considered to be of ‘Outstanding Universal Value’, which have been inscribed on the World Heritage List by the World Heritage Committee. (ICOMOS 2017) Section 1 – Page 2 Faw Side Community Wind Farm – EIA Report Section 9 – Cultural Heritage Section 9: Cultural Heritage “In the exercise, with respect to any buildings or other land in a conservation area, of any powers under any of the provisions in subsection (2), special attention shall be paid to the desirability of preserving or enhancing the character or appearance of that area.” 9.1 Introduction 9.2.6 The Historic Environment Scotland Act 2014 defines the role of the new public body, Historic Environment 9.1.1 This chapter presents an assessment of the effects of the Faw Side Community Wind Farm on the historic Scotland (HES), and the processes for the designation of heritage assets, consents and rights of appeal. environment. The assessment was undertaken by Headland Archaeology (UK) Ltd. The objectives of this assessment are to: Planning policy • Describe the location, nature and extent of any known heritage assets or areas of archaeological National Policy potential which may be affected by the proposed development; 9.2.7 The Scottish Government’s planning policies in relation to the historic environment are set out in paragraphs • Provide an assessment of the importance of these assets; 135-151 of Scottish Planning Policy (SPP) (The Scottish Government, June 2014). The historic environment is • Assess the likely scale of any impacts on the historic environment posed by the development; defined as “the physical evidence for human activity that connects people with place, linked with the • Outline suitable mitigation measures to avoid, reduce or offset significant adverse effects; and associations we can see, feel and understand” and includes “individual assets, related settings and the wider • Provide an assessment of any residual effects remaining after mitigation. cultural landscape”. The policy principles are stated in paragraph 137: 9.1.2 A heritage asset (or historic asset) is any element of the historic environment which has cultural significance. 9.2.8 “The planning system should: Both discrete features, and extensive landscapes defined by a specific historic event, process or theme, can be defined as heritage assets; and assets may overlap or be nested within one another. promote the care and protection of the designated and non-designated historic environment (including individual assets, related settings and the wider cultural landscape) and its contribution to sense of place, 9.1.3 Designated assets include Scheduled Monuments, Listed Buildings, World Heritage Sites, Conservation Areas, cultural identity, social