Tullo Wind Farm

NO 7550 7175 (centred on) A watching brief carried out September–October 2009 identified a cluster of five pits during soil stripping at the location of one of the turbines. The pits were situated on a natural south-facing terrace c400m to the S of the Cairn-o-Shiels (SAM 5315). The material recovered from the pits consisted of quartz and flint flakes, a flint core, a small assemblage of prehistoric pottery, and plant macrofossils of alder, birch, hazel and oak. Radiocarbon dates obtained from charred hazelnut shell and birch charcoal indicated a date of c4700 BC and this, with the typology of the pottery, provides fairly secure evidence that the pits are Neolithic in date. Although pits of this nature are a common feature of the Neolithic period, finds of Neolithic pottery in this part of Scotland are rare, making this a particularly significant discovery.

Archive: Aberdeenshire Council SMR and RCAHMS

Funder: Eneco UK

Magnus Kirby – CFA Archaeology Ltd

Cultural Heritage assessment for the proposed Easter Tulloch wind farm development. The assessment forms part of an Environmental Statement, submitted in 2011. The Cultural Heritage assessment identifies all historic environment features within the development area (through desk-based assessment and field survey), and key external receptors up to 10km from the proposed development. An assessment of the direct and indirect impacts of the development on these features is included.

Information from OASIS ID: cfaarcha1-140995 (Mhairi Hastie) 2011.

Cultural Heritage assessment for the proposed Tullo 2 Wind Farm Grid Connection identifies all historic environment features within the development area through desk-based assessment and field survey. The nature of effects on these features is discussed.

Funder: ASH design + assessment Ltd

CFA Arachaeology Ltd.

A watching brief was carried out during groundworks for the construction of Tullo, Easter Tulloch and Shiels wind farm extensions. The areas monitored during ground works were all turbine bases and crane pads, the footprint for the substation and some of the access track. No significant archaeological remains were discovered during the course of the works.

Information from OASIS ID: cfaarcha1-154991 (Graeme Carruthers) 2013

NO 81675 81562, NO 75157 75752 and NO 75827 72427 A watching brief was carried out, 16 October 2013 – 18 February 2014, during groundworks for a grid connector cable at Tullo Hill Wind Farm. The work was carried out at the site of a former corn mill and lade, and at two sites where cropmarks are visible on aerial photographs. No remains of the former mill were identified. Part of a rig and furrow cultivation system were recorded.

Archive: Aberdeenshire SMR and RCAHMS

Funder: ASH Design + Assessment on behalf of Scottish and Southern Electricity

Andrew Brown and Stuart Mitchell – CFA Archaeology Ltd

(Source: DES)