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Table 10.24 Recorded Sites Within the Application Area
HER Number Site Name Importance/Sensitivity Significance of effect post
mitigation
6673 British Caudron Aircraft Factory Local/low Neutral
Sites Within 1.5km of the Application Area
10.4.8 There are seven Scheduled Monuments within 1.5km of the application area and within the
ZTV.
10.4.9 Parkmill Cross Slab 460mN of (SAM3016, NMRS number NS99SW 11) is located adjacent to
a tree on the south side of the A907 road. The cross is also a Category B listed building (HB
number 1984).The NMRS notes that the slab was known as the "Stone Cross" and is set up on
a knoll 200 yards south of the main road between Alloa and Clackmannan. There is a Celtic
cross incised on both sides. Recent development of the A907 road has seen the creation of a
traffic island so that the road is approximately 50m north of the SAM. From this point there are
views towards the proposed wind energy development across the roofs of houses and through
electricity pylons.
10.4.10 The proposed wind energy development would have no physical impact on the SAM and a
minor adverse impact on its setting. The effect of the proposed wind energy development on
the SAM would be slight adverse.
10.4.11 Northern Glass Cone, Alloa Glass Works, Glasshouse Loan (SAM 3746, NMRS number
NS89SE 49.01), is also a Category A listed building (HB number 21008) located approximately
1km north-west of the application area. The monument comprises a conical brick structure,
built in c. 1825. The NMR indicates that the cone houses a modern glass furnace, although this
no longer appears to be the case. The monument is adjacent to large scale industrial
infrastructure, including a gas holder and a hopper with associated conveyors.
10.4.12 The SAM lies within the ZTV. Although a tall structure the SAM is not accessible above ground
floor level and was not intended to be so. There would be no views from ground level to the
proposed wind energy development. The proposed wind energy development would have no
physical impact on the site and the magnitude of impact on its setting would be no change. The
effect of the proposed wind energy development on the SAM would be neutral.
10.4.13 Clackmannan Tower (SAM 90073) is also listed at Grade A (HB number 1946). The
monument comprises a substantial tower house probably begun in the mid 14 th century with
later alterations and additions, including a late 16 th century mansion, all located on a hill top to
the west of Clackmannan. The tower is substantially complete but its ancillary structures have
been removed. The monument lies within the Clackmannan conservation area, which extends
to the base of the hill on its southern side. The Historic Scotland website indicates that public
access is available to the exterior of the monument only.
10.4.14 In its scoping response of 3 February 2010, Historic Scotland note that the setting of this
monument is partially defined by topography; it sits atop an open hilltop in an otherwise flat
landscape commanding sweeping views across the Firth of Forth and beyond. Its key views
are towards Stirling Castle to the West, to Alloa Tower and other castles in Clackmannanshire
to the West and North, to its former port on a tributary of the Forth to the South West and to
Clackmannan itself.
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