Document record MAB54304 - INVERBOYNDIE TO NEW DEER, MORAY EAST OFFSHORE WINDFARM CABLE ROUTE

A watching brief and further excavations were carried out by CFA Archaeology from November 2018 to October 2019 during groundworks within a 33 km length, 40 m wide onshore cable route corridor for the Moray East Offshore Wind Farm to the Moray East Substation, from landfall in Inverboyndie Bay (NJ 6638 6501) to the substation at Burnside, New Deer (NJ 8316 4450).

A watching brief and further excavations were carried out by CFA Archaeology from November 2018 to October 2019 during groundworks within a 33 km length, 40 m wide onshore cable route corridor for the Moray East Offshore Wind Farm to the Moray East Substation, from landfall in Inverboyndie Bay (NJ 6638 6501) to the substation at Burnside, New Deer (NJ 8316 4450). The watching brief covered 30 sections, each of approximately 0.8-1.4 km in length, except in areas of previously disturbed ground, including woodland, quarrying, or pre-existing developments. It began in November 2018 with the creation of access works, whilst the main cable route strip began in March 2019. The cable route corridor crossed a significant amount of high intensity farming areas, with plough scars evident across the entirety of the corridor, resulting in the truncation of most features uncovered, with insubstantial depths to features. Most of the linear features discovered relate to field boundaries, field drainage or other agricultural activities, and tended to follow the same alignment as modern field boundaries and plough marks, which suggests these are modern in date. Excavations were carried out at various locations along the corridor where areas were identified during the watching brief. Towards the northern end of the cable route corridor a souterrain and enclosure (NJ66SE0493) were further excavated within Section 1. A scoop feature, possibly the remains of a round-house (NJ66SE0339), six fire pits (NJ66SE0395, NJ66SE0423, NJ66SE0404, NJ66SE0425), and a linear ditch (NJ66SE0377) were further excavated within Section 2. Pits, deposits, stone spreads (NJ66SE0351), a pit (NJ66SE0565) and a linear ditch (NJ66SE0566) were excavated within Section 3. An individual fire pit (NJ66SE0567) was excavated within Section 4. Pits and discrete surface features (NJ66SE0350), fire pits (NJ66SE0426, NJ66SE0445) and a stone slab (NJ66SE0446) were further excavated within Section 5. An individual pit (NJ65NE0154) was excavated within Section 7. Four-post structures interpreted as grain stores (NJ65NE0156), and pits, gullies and ditches (NJ65NE0157, NJ65NE0158, NJ65NE0155) were further excavated within Section 8. Ring-ditch features (NJ66SE0492) were further excavated within Section 9. A curvilinear ditch (NJ66SE0568) and fire pit or hearth (NJ76SW0232) were excavated within Section 10. Pits and curvilinear ditches (NJ75NW0150) and isolated pits and fire pits (NJ76SW0233, NJ75NW0151, NJ75NW0152, NJ75NW0153, NJ76SW0234) were further excavated within Section 12. A single fire pit (NJ75NW0155) and curvilinear ditch (NJ75NW0154) were excavated within Section 14. Pits (NJ75NW0156) and pits, deposits and linear ditches (NJ75NW0157, NJ75NW0158, NJ75NW0159) were excavated within Section 15. An individual pit (NJ75NE0128) was excavated within Section 17. An individual fire pit (NJ75SE0107) was excavated within Section 18. Pits, curvilinear and linear ditches (NJ75SE0108) and a stone lined culvert (NJ75SE0109) were excavated within Section 19. Linear ditches, features and pits (NJ75SE0110, NJ75SE0111, NJ75SE0112, NJ75SE0113, NJ75SE0114) were excavated within Sections 22, 23 and 24. Individual pits (NJ74NE0108, NJ84NW0109) were excavated within Section 25 and 28. A stone-built corn-drying kiln (NJ84NW0061) and five linear ditches (NJ84NW0062) were further excavated within Section 29. An individual pit and linear ditch features (NJ84NW0110, NJ84SW0124) were excavated within Section 30. An individual pit and a stone-built drain (NJ84SW0125) were excavated within the Satellite Compound 1 Section at the southern end of the cable route.

CFA ARCHAEOLOGY, 2018, MORAY EAST OFFSHORE WINDFARM PROGRAMME OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL WORKS: WRITTEN SCHEME OF INVESTIGATION, WSI (Bibliographic reference). SAB8552.

CFA ARCHAEOLOGY, 2019, MORAY EAST OFFSHORE WIND FARM, ONSHORE CABLE ROUTE, ABERDEENSHIRE, SECTIONS 2, 5 & 12: ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXCAVATION DSR , Excavation DSR (Bibliographic reference). SAB8546.

CFA ARCHAEOLOGY, 2019, MORAY EAST OFFSHORE WIND FARM, ONSHORE CABLE ROUTE, ABERDEENSHIRE: SECTION 29 ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXCAVATION DATA STRUCTURE REPORT , Excavation DSR (Bibliographic reference). SAB8549.

CFA ARCHAEOLOGY, 2019, MORAY EAST OFFSHORE WIND FARM, ONSHORE TRANSMISSION INFRASTRUCTURE WSI - ADDENDUM 4: PD FOR ARCH EXCAVATION - SECTION 8, WSI Addendum4 (Bibliographic reference). SAB8119.

CFA ARCHAEOLOGY, 2019, MORAY EAST OFFSHORE WIND FARM, ONSHORE TRANSMISSION WSI - ADDENDUM 3: PD FOR ARCH MITIGATION EXCAVATION - SECTION 1, WSI Addendum3 (Bibliographic reference). SAB8123.

CFA ARCHAEOLOGY, 2019, MORAY EAST OFFSHORE WINDFARM – ONSHORE TRANSMISSION INFRASTRUCTURE: WSI - ADDENDUM 1 - EXCAVATION SECTION 29, WSI Addendum1 (Bibliographic reference). SAB8554.

CFA ARCHAEOLOGY, 2019, MORAY EAST OFFSHORE WINDFARM ONSHORE TRANSMISSION INFRASTRUCTURE: WSI - ADDENDUM 2 - EXCAVATION SECTIONS 5 AND 12, WSI Addendum2 (Bibliographic reference). SAB8553.

CFA ARCHAEOLOGY, 2019, MORAY EAST OFFSHORE WINDFARM, ONSHORE CABLE ROUTE ABERDEENSHIRE: WATCHING BRIEF, Watching Brief (Bibliographic reference). SAB8544.

CFA ARCHAEOLOGY, 2020, MORAY EAST OFFSHORE WIND FARM, ONSHORE CABLE ROUTE SECTION 1: SOUTERRAIN AND ENCLOSURE POST-EXCAVATION RESEARCH DESIGN, PERD (Bibliographic reference). SAB8548.

CFA ARCHAEOLOGY, 2020, MORAY EAST OFFSHORE WIND FARM, ONSHORE CABLE ROUTE, ABERDEENSHIRE: SECTION 8 & 9 ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXCAVATION DATA STRUCTURE REPORT, Excavation DSR (Bibliographic reference). SAB8551.

CFA ARCHAEOLOGY, 2020, MORAY EAST OFFSHORE WIND FARM, ONSHORE CABLE ROUTE, SECTIONS 2, 5, 8, 9, 12, 15 & 29: POST-EXCAVATION RESEARCH DESIGN, PERD (Bibliographic reference). SAB8547.

CFA ARCHAEOLOGY, 2020, MORAY EAST OFFSHORE WIND FARM, ONSHORE CABLE ROUTE: SECTION 1 ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXCAVATION, Excavation DSR (Bibliographic reference). SAB8122.

CFA ARCHAEOLOGY, 2021, MORAY OFFSHORE WINDFARM (EAST) LTD, ONSHORE CABLE ROUTE SECTION 2, 5, 8, 9, 12, 15 & 29: ARCHIVE REPORT, Excavation Report (Bibliographic reference). SAB8545.

ARCHAEOLOGY SCOTLAND, 2022, DISCOVERY AND EXCAVATION IN SCOTLAND, NEW SERIES, VOLUME 22 (2021), p.11 (Bibliographic reference). SAB8314.

ARCHAEOLOGY SCOTLAND, 2022, DISCOVERY AND EXCAVATION IN SCOTLAND, NEW SERIES, VOLUME 22 (2021), p.11 (Bibliographic reference). SAB8314.

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