Cultural Heritage

The assessment will consider the physical impacts of the Proposed Development on known and potential receptors, as well as the effects on the setting of heritage assets within the wider area.

There are seven known non-designated heritage assets located within the Application Boundary, mostly stone-built field boundaries, but also including a possible charcoal burning platform, a shieling, and a modern sculpture commissioned by a local resident to memorialise the characters in the story of Deirdre and Naoise. The site is considered to hold negligible archaeological potential for hitherto unknown archaeological remains.

No direct or indirect physical impacts as a result of the Proposed Development are anticipated upon known heritage assets within the Application Boundary but impacts on unexpected archaeological remains elsewhere in the site may occur during the construction phase.

Preservation by record through archaeological watching brief is likely to be required over construction groundworks. This mitigation will be outlined in a written scheme of investigation (WSI) and agreed with Argyll and Bute Council in advance of construction.

The assessment has found the potential for effects through changes within their setting on the cultural significance of one Inventory Garden and Designed Landscape, one Category B Listed Building, and six Scheduled Monuments.

These eight heritage assets will be assessed in detail in the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), supported with photomontage visualisations.

Of these, residual adverse operational effects which are negligible and not significant are predicted upon one Scheduled Monument: SM3891 ‘Clachadow, cairn 960m NW of’. Residual adverse operational effects which are minor and not significant are predicted upon two Scheduled Monuments: SM3910 ‘An Dun, dun 500m ESE of Glenamadrie’ and SM3930 ‘Barguillean Farm, dun 250m SSW of’.

No significant residual effects upon cultural heritage are anticipated through EIA.