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Table 10.23 World Heritage Sites Beyond 10km of the Application Area and Partly Within
ZTV
Site Name
Antonine Wall
10.4 Assessment of Effects
Importance/
Sensitivity
National/Very High
Potential Effects
Core Study Area
Sites Within the Application Area
10.4.1 There is one site listed in the Historic Environment Record within the application area. This is a
former airfield and aircraft factory. (Stirling SMR number 6673, (NMRS number NS89SE 238).
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.”
10.4.2 The large aircraft factory buildings themselves were located outside the application area on the
shoreline. They have been removed and there would be no direct or indirect impact on them. A
series of smaller buildings, presumably accommodation and/or offices, arranged around four
squares were also shown on early OS maps. They had been demolished by the end of 1945
but survived as a distinct series of earthworks. By 1952 mining operations removed the
earthworks and the area was later built over by the refuse destructor. The site visit indicated
that there were no visible standing remains of the buildings on the ground.
10.4.3 The site is of local importance. The proposed wind energy development would have a neutral
impact and the significance of effect would be neutral.
10.4.4 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.
10.4.5 There are no Scheduled Monuments, Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas or sites recorded in
the Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes within the application area. There would
be no direct or indirect impact on any other site within the application area.
10.4.6 There are several Historic Landscape Character Areas (HCLA) within the proposed wind
energy development area (Figure 10.7). The south-eastern area is characterised as a former
landfill, the centre as access roads to the landfill and the northern-western area as grass land.
10.4.7 The HLCAs are of local importance. The magnitude of impact would be minor adverse. The
significance of effect of the proposed wind energy development would be slight adverse.
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