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Barwick Farm, Cuby, Cornwall. Archaeological assessment of proposed wind turbine |
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Cornwall Council Historic Environment Service unpublished report series
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cornwall2-176004_1.pdf (7 MB)
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Report (in Series)
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Abstract: |
Historic Environment Projects, Cornwall Council, was approached in September 2013 with a request to provide costs for an archaeological assessment of the potential impacts of construction of a wind turbine at Barwick Farm, Cuby as part of a proposed planning application. The proposal is for a wind turbine with a hub height of 60m and a maximum blade tip height of 100m positioned on agricultural land at Barwick Farm, to the northeast of Tregony, in the parish of Cuby at SW 95290 45799 (NGR). The wind turbine is to be sited at a height of approximately 70m OD in a shallow valley. The assessment consisted of a desk-based assessment, viewshed analysis out to 10km and consideration of designated sites up to 15km from the proposed turbine location, and a walkover survey. Given the location chosen for the wind turbine, it was anticipated that there was some potential for negative impacts on the settings of a number of important Scheduled Monuments, Listed Buildings, Registered Parks and Gardens and Conservation Areas within a 15km radius. Visibility of the site was minimal from, and restricted by, the ridge-tops that characterise the area. Cumulative impacts were also assessed as a result of the increasing number of existing and proposed turbines in the area. Two designated sites are located within 1km of the proposed turbine site although there are sixteen undesignated sites that in general survive as documentary records only. Overall the potential visual, audible or setting impacts of the proposed wind turbine on the identified heritage assets are rated as minor. A report summarising the results of the assessment and its conclusions was prepared for the client. |
Author: |
Hayley Goacher
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Publisher: |
Cornwall Council Historic Environment Service
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Other Person/Org: |
Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Historic Environment Record (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication: |
2014
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Barwick Farm |
County: |
Cornwall |
District: |
Cornwall |
Parish: |
CUBY |
Country: |
England |
Grid Reference: 195290, 45799 (Easting, Northing)
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OASIS Id: |
cornwall2-176004 |
OBIB: |
2014R027 |
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Note: |
A4 bound report with summary, aims, methods, results, mitigation options and conclusions. Also including maps and colour photographs.
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Created Date: |
06 Nov 2017 |