Document record MAB52210 - EDINTORE

A desk-based assessment and walkover survey were carried out over this area in 2010 by Highland Archaeology Services to provide baseline information on cultural heritage features that might be affected by a proposed wind farm at Edintore.

A desk-based assessment and walkover survey were carried out over this area in 2010 by Highland Archaeology Services to provide baseline information on cultural heritage features that might be affected by a proposed wind farm at Edintore. The site occupies improved agricultural land and any buried archaeology is likely to have been truncated by past ploughing. However there are some indications of possible Neolithic and/or Bronze Age activity. A small 20th century quarry, still actively in use, was also recorded. A precautionary watching brief was recommended as result of this work over any topsoil removal for construction in two areas where cairns have previously been recorded (NJ44NW0002 and NJ44NW0015). Visual impacts on surrounding sites are being assessed separately. A watching brief was carried out by AOC in November 2012 on 50 machine dug trial pits at various points along the proposed wind farm tracks and turbine locations. No archaeological features or artefacts were recorded from any of the trial pit areas. A watching brief monitoring all ground breaking works associated with the development was carried out from August 2015 to January 2016. No archaeological features or artefacts of archaeological significance were identified during the watching brief.

HIGHLAND ARCHAEOLOGICAL SERVICES, 2010, EDINTORE WINDFARM: CULTURAL HERITAGE BASELINE SURVEY - SUMMARY OF FINDINGS & RECOMMENDATIONS (Bibliographic reference). SAB4349.

ARCHAEOLOGY SCOTLAND, 2011, DISCOVERY AND EXCAVATION IN SCOTLAND. NEW SERIES, VOLUME 11, 2010, p.113 (Bibliographic reference). SAB5535.

AOC ARCHAEOLOGY, 2012, EDINTORE WIND FARM, KEITH, MORAY: ARCHAEOLOGICAL WATCHING BRIEF (SI WORKS): DATA STRUCTURE REPORT, WB report (Bibliographic reference). SAB3606.

AOC ARCHAEOLOGY, 2012, EDINTORE, KEITH, MORAY; WATCHING BRIEF: WRITTEN SCHEME OF INVESTIGATION, WSI (Bibliographic reference). SAB3607.

ARCHAEOLOGY SCOTLAND, 2013, DISCOVERY AND EXCAVATION IN SCOTLAND, NEW SERIES, VOLUME 13, 2012, p.125 (Bibliographic reference). SAB5487.

AOC ARCHAEOLOGY, 2016, EDINTORE WIND FARM, KEITH, MORAY: ARCHAEOLOGICAL WATCHING BRIEF DATA STRUCTURE REPORT, WB Report (Bibliographic reference). SAB5595.

GREEN CAT RENEWABLES, 2021, EDINTORE II WIND FARM EIA SCOPING REPORT (CHAPTER 10 CULTURAL HERITAGE), EIA (Cultural Heritage p.35) (Bibliographic reference). SAB4289.

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