Site Event/Activity record EHG4083 - Watching brief - Camster Windfarm, Watten

A watching brief was carried out intermittently between December 2010 and April 2012 by CFA Archaeology during all ground works outside of the existing forestry plantation, on the site of the new Camster Windfarm. Monitoring was carried out on ground breaking works associated with associated with the construction of access roads, borrow pits, temporary lay down areas, and turbine bases and crane stances. A programme of test-pitting in the location of the borrow pits, to test ground conditions, was monitored prior to the main construction works. Floating roads were not monitored: these comprised Track No 2 between WTG7 and WTG17 and the T9 Spur; Track No 1 between Badlipster and WTG25; part of Track No 1 between WTG20 and WTG25; and part of Track No 2 between WTG21 and WTG22. Two turbines (WTG24, WTG25) were pile construction due to the depth of peat and so were not monitored. Trenches for cabling were not monitored. No significant archaeological features were uncovered. <1> Note: the positions of the wind turbines and tracks as shown on the site plan in the report do not correspond entirely with what is currently shown on OS MasterMap.