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Forthbank Wind Energy Development
10 Cultural Heritage and Archaeology
10.1 Introduction
10.1.1 This chapter provides an overview of the extent of known archaeological features and the
wider cultural heritage present within and surrounding the application area based on currently
available data. Furthermore, it aims to assess the significance of the effect of the proposed
wind energy development on the cultural heritage resource. Cultural Heritage resources
include:
• Scheduled Monuments;
• Other archaeological sites;
• Listed Buildings;
• Other buildings of historic or architectural importance and recorded on the Sites and
Monuments maintained by Fife Archaeology Service; and
• Conservation Areas and Designed Landscapes.
Key Issues
• Assessment and where appropriate, mitigation, of direct impacts on the cultural
heritage resource. Direct impacts are considered to constitute physical damage to,
or complete removal of, the cultural heritage resource; and
• Assessment and where appropriate, mitigation of indirect impacts on the cultural
heritage resource. Indirect impacts consist of changes to the setting and/or the
context of the cultural heritage resource.
10.2 Methodology
Consultations
10.2.1 Historic Scotland and the Local Authority Archaeologists for Falkirk, Fife, Stirling and
Clackmannanshire were contacted, as statutory consultees.
10.2.2 Historic Scotland responded on 3 February 2010 and noted that there are no scheduled
monuments, listed buildings or gardens and designed landscapes within the application area.
They noted that a number of scheduled monuments, category A listed buildings and gardens
and designed landscapes are located in the vicinity of the application area as follows:
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