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10. ARCHAEOLOGY AND CULTURAL
HERITAGE
INTRODUCTION
10.1 This section of the ES evaluates the effects of the proposed Penny Hill
Wind Farm on the cultural heritage resource. Cultural heritage resources
include World Heritage Sites, Scheduled Ancient Monuments, other
archaeological sites recorded on the South Yorkshire Sites and
Monuments Record, Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas, Registered
Historic Park and Gardens, and Registered Battlefields. The assessment
and section have been prepared by Arcus Renewable Energy Consulting
Ltd.
10.2 The assessment is intended to identify cultural heritage sites that may be
affected, either directly (e.g. through physical disturbance during
construction) or indirectly (e.g. through changes to visual and
archaeological setting) during construction, throughout operation or from
de-commissioning of the proposed development. Further information on
the Penny Hill Wind Farm is given in Section 2: The Proposed
Development.
10.3 This section contains the following sections:
Methodology - describing both the methods used in baseline surveys
and in the assessment of the significance of effects;
Baseline Description - a description of the condition of the site and its
archaeological potential, as well as a listing of features of cultural
heritage interest beyond the immediate site, resulting from surveys,
desk information and consultations carried out to inform this section;
Information Gaps - a summary of the main uncertainties encountered in
the assessment;
Development Design Mitigation – a summary of “embedded mitigation”,
designed into the proposed development;
Assessment of Potential Effects - identifying the ways in which the
cultural heritage resource of the site and its environs could be affected
by the proposed development;
Mitigation - a description of measures recommended to off-set the
identified potential effects;
Residual Effects - an assessment of the significance of the effects of
the proposed development, after mitigation measures have been
implemented;
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Environmental Statement