Elm House, Jameston Pembrokeshire Historic Environment Appraisal Report by: Trysor For: Mr Richard Moody March 2014 Elm House, Jameston, Pembrokeshire Historic Environment Appraisal By Jenny Hall, MIfA & Paul Sambrook, MIfA Trysor Trysor Project No. 2014/367 For: Richard Moody March 2014 38, New Road Gwaun-cae-Gurwen Ammanford Carmarthenshire SA18 1UN www.trysor.net [email protected] Cover photograph: From the approximate location of the proposed turbine, looking north. Elm House, Jameston, Pembrokeshire Historic Environment Appraisal RHIF YR ADRODDIAD - REPORT NUMBER: Trysor 2014/367 DYDDIAD 20ain Mawrth 2014 DATE 20th March 2014 Paratowyd yr adroddiad hwn gan bartneriad Trysor. Mae wedi ei gael yn gywir ac yn derbyn ein sêl bendith. This report was prepared by the Trysor partners. It has been checked and received our approval. JENNY HALL MIfA Jenny Hall PAUL SAMBROOK MIfA Paul Sambrook Croesawn unrhyw sylwadau ar gynnwys neu strwythur yr adroddiad hwn. We welcome any comments on the content or structure of this report. 38, New Road, Treclyn Gwaun-cae-Gurwen Eglwyswrw Ammanford Crymych Carmarthenshire Pembrokeshire SA18 1UN SA41 3SU 01269 826397 01239 891470 www.trysor.net [email protected] Trysor is a Registered Organisation with the Institute for Archaeologists and both partners are Members of the Institute for Archaeologists, www.archaeologists.net . Jenny Hall (BSc Joint Hons., Geology and Archaeology, MIfA) had 12 years excavation experience, which included undertaking watching briefs prior to becoming the Sites and Monuments Record Manager for a Welsh Archaeological Trust for 10 years. She has been an independent archaeologist since 2004 undertaking a variety of work that includes upland survey, desk-based appraisals and assessments, and watching briefs. Paul Sambrook (BA Joint Hons., Archaeology and Welsh, MIfA, PGCE) has extensive experience as a fieldworker in Wales. He was involved with Cadw’s pan-Wales Deserted Rural Settlements Project for 7 years. He also undertook Tir Gofal field survey work and watching briefs. He has been an independent archaeologist since 2004 undertaking a variety of work including upland survey, desk-based appraisals/assessments, and watching briefs. Contents 1. Summary 1 2. Copyright 1 3. Introduction 1 4. The Proposed Development 2 5. Methodology 3 6. Elm House: Historical Overview 6 7. Elm House: Proposed Turbine Site 7 8. Impact Assessment 7 9. Historic Landscape Aspects Relating to Elm House Proposed Turbine 11 10. Conclusion 14 11. Reporting 15 12. References 15 Appendix A: Elm House Impacts 16 Appendix B: Descriptions of Newly Recorded Sites 25 Appendix C: Site Appraisals within the Revised Study Area 27 Elm House, Jameston, Pembrokeshire, Historic Environment Appraisal 1. Summary 1.1 This historic environment appraisal has been undertaken by Trysor to examine likely impacts on the historic environment from a proposed wind turbine at Elm House, Jameston, Pembrokeshire, planning application number 13/0308/PA. 1.2 The appraisal has looked at all known historic assets within an area measuring 2km in radius, focused on SS0544899177, the location of the proposed turbine, consulting the regional Historic Environment Record and the National Monuments Record, as well as examining historic maps. A field visit was also undertaken to examine the location of the turbine and record previously unknown historic assets. 1.3 The appraisal shows that there is no surface evidence of buried archaeological features at the proposed development site. 1.4 Five Scheduled Ancient Monuments would experience a Very Low, indirect visual impact due to intervisibility with the proposed turbine at distance. Of nine Listed Buildings in the appraisal area one would experience a Low, indirect visual impact and one a Very Low, indirect visual impact. The settings of the Listed Buildings would not be affected. 1.5 The appraisal shows that no direct, physical impact or significant indirect, visual impact would be caused to the historic environment by the proposed turbine. 1.6 On the basis of this appraisal, no archaeological mitigation is thought necessary for the proposed development. 2. Copyright 2.1 Trysor holds the copyright of this report. Further copies may be made of this report without gaining permission to reproduce but it must be noted that Figures 3 and 5 include other copyrighted material and should not be copied. 3. Introduction 3.1 Nicola Martin, planning consultant, on behalf of her client, Mr Richard Moody, 11-13 Thomas Court, London Rd Industrial Estate, Pembroke Dock, SA72 4RZ, commissioned Trysor heritage consultants to write an Historic Environment Appraisal for a proposed turbine at Elm House, Jameston, Tenby, Pembrokeshire, SA70 8QJ, planning application number 13/0308/PA. 3.2 Dyfed Archaeological Trust Heritage Management section has written a generic brief for such appraisals (DAT HM, Undated). These appraisals are intended to be a rapid appraisal of the readily available historic environment information including a site visit. The purpose of the appraisal is to inform DAT HM as to whether any further assessment or evaluation would be required as part of the planning process. Trysor prepared a specification based on the brief (Trysor, 2014) and Dyfed Archaeological Trust Heritage Management section approved the specification as fit for purpose. 1 Elm House, Jameston, Pembrokeshire, Historic Environment Appraisal 4. The proposed development 4.1 It is proposed that a turbine, with a hub height of 14.97m and 17.77m to the upright blade tip, will be located at approximately SS0544899177 in a single field parcel at Elm House, Jameston, Tenby, Pembrokeshire, SA70 8QJ, see Figure 1. The turbine will rest on 3 helical piles, 3m apart, normally drilled to a depth of 3-4m. Each ‘foot’of the turbine rests on a pad, excavated to a depth of approximately 250mm and measuring approximately 600 x 500 mm. Access will be via an existing track and gateway. The cable trench, 0.6metres deep and under 0.18m wide, will run approximately 90 metres north to a connection point in the same field. Figure 1: Location of the proposed turbine, showing the 2km radius appraisal area. 2 Elm House, Jameston, Pembrokeshire, Historic Environment Appraisal 5. Methodology 5.1 A study area of 2km radius circle centred on SS0544899177, the proposed turbine site, was chosen for the initial appraisal of sites. This area was revised after an assessment of intervisibility was made. The coastal area, including Manorbier would not be intervisible, nor the area to the north of the Ridgeway. 5.2 The HER enquiry for the 2km radius area yielded 139 records. 5.3 A site visit was made to Elm House and the surrounding area on February 26th, 2014 to rapidly appraise if there were any visible archaeological features within the area directly affected by the turbine proposal and also the wider landscape context of the proposed development. The field was under pasture at the time. 5.4 The aerial photographs on Google Earth, dating to 2006 and 2009, were used to inform the appraisal. 5.5 Historic mapping was consulted. The maps used included 19th and 20th century 1:2500 scale Ordnance Survey mapping and the Manorbier parish tithe map and accompanying tithe schedule of 1840. 5.6 All information gathered during the desktop appraisal and fieldwork was entered into a bespoke database in Access 2003 format to create an appraisal dataset. The dataset is the source of the material output in this report, including the GIS mapping which illustrates the location of sites in the area, and the tables and appendices which provide detailed information on the sites within the study area. 5.7 At the end of a rapid appraisal of the data, the information from the site visit and historic map search, the appraisal dataset contained 46 records. 5.7.1 Within the 46 records, five of these were Scheduled Ancient Monuments and nine were Listed Buildings. 5.7.2 Two new records were created in the project database by Trysor. These were for the strip field system between Jameston and Manorbier Newton (ID numbers 45) and a track or road (ID number 46) from Jameston towards Manorbier Newton. 3 Elm House, Jameston, Pembrokeshire, Historic Environment Appraisal 5.8 Each of the records in the final appraisal dataset was assessed for Period, Rarity, Documentation, Group Value1, as well as Evidential Value, Historical Value, Aesthetic Value, Communal Value2. Once these had been considered the significance of each site was determined and scored in accordance with the categories adopted by the Welsh Archaeological Trusts i.e. Nationally Important, Regionally Important, Locally Important, Minor and Features Needing Further Investigation (Unknown), see Figure 3. Full details of this exercise are given in Appendix C. 5.9 As this exercise is an appraisal of the study area, not a full desk-based historic environment assessment, no site descriptions have been included in the appraisal dataset or this printed report, apart from newly recorded features (See Appendix B). Figure 2: The area excluded from the appraisal as there is no intervisibility between the turbine and the sites recorded. 1 Period, Rarity, Documentation and Group Value are criteria defined in the Welsh Office Circular 60/96, 1996. 2 Evidential Value, Historical Value, Aesthetic Value and Communal Value are criteria defined in Cadw’s Conservation Principles publication, 2011. 4 ElmElm House,House, Jameston,Jameston, PembrokeshirePembrokeshire HistoricHistoric EnvironmentEnvironment AppraisalAppraisal 4444 4444 1616 3838