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Forthbank Wind Energy Development
10.3.6 Relevant aerial photographic coverage of the core study area held by the Royal Commission
on the Ancient and Historic Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS) was considered during the
assessment.
Site Survey
10.3.7 A site walkover was carried out on 30 June 2010, in clear weather conditions. The main (south
eastern) part of the application area comprises a former landfill site closed in 2004. The
northwestern part of the site comprises land subject to historical mining, now grassed.
Sites Within the Application Area
10.3.8 There are no Scheduled Monuments, Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas or sites recorded in
the Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes within the application area.
10.3.9 There is one site listed in the Historic Environment Record within the application area. This is
Stirling SMR number 6673. The Stirling SMR notes that “The British Caudron Company (of
Cricklewood and Alloa) was established in 1916. The airfield adjoining the factory was used for
test flights and the factory opened in 1916.”
10.3.10 The large aircraft factory buildings themselves were located outside the application area on the
shoreline and are shown on the Ordnance Survey 1:2500 edition of 1922. A series of smaller
buildings, presumably accommodation and/or offices, arranged around four squares are also
shown. A small number of these are located within the application area. The larger buildings
were used as a glass works by 1951 according to the Ordnance Survey 1:2500 edition of that
year. The smaller range of buildings arranged in a rough square around a central open space,
and located within the application area, are shown on aerial photographs dating to 8 November
1945, held by the RCHAMS. By this time they had been demolished but survived as a distinct
series of earthworks. By 24 April 1952 mining operations had removed the earthworks. The
Ordnance Survey 1:2500 edition of 1975 shows the refuse destructor built in that location. The
site visit indicated that there were no visible standing remains of the buildings on the ground.
10.3.11 The whole of the proposed wind energy development is within an area that has been
previously disturbed through mining and/or landfill activities. On this basis the potential for
previously undiscovered archaeological remains is considered to be negligible.
10.3.12 There is no Non-Statutory Register for Clackmannan and no Non-Statutory Register Sites
within the application area.
10.3.13 There are several Historic Landscape Character Areas (HCLA) within the application area.
The south-eastern area is characterised as a former landfill, the centre as an access road to
the landfill and the northern-western area as grass land.
10.3.14 Table 10.6 below provides an indication of the sites within the application area and within the
ZTV.
Table 10.6 Recorded Sites Within the Application Area and Within the ZTV
HER Number Site Name Site Type Importance/Sensitivity
6673 British Caudron Aircraft Factory Buildings (demolished) Local/Low
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