EHG6129 - DBA and walkover survey - proposed battery storage facility, Loch Toftinghall, Mybster

An archaeological desk-based assessment (DBA) and walkover survey were undertalken by Headland Archaeology in 2023 to inform the cultural heritage elements of an Environmental Report, produced in support of a planning application to construct an energy storage system in currently commercial forestry at the Moss of Toftingall near Spittal (2.3km north-west). This work was to enable the description and assessment of the cultural heritage significance and importance of known heritage assets and potential archaeological remains within the site boundary. This wss intended to inform the Environmental Report cultural heritage chapter which aimed to identify environmental effects of the proposed development on the cultural significance of heritage assets. Field reconnaissance survey of the site identified no heritage assets. The site had been deep-ploughed for modern forestry activities and in addition was evidently poorly drained bog with overall negligible archaeological potential. It was acknowledged that in areas of deep peat, there may be potential for previously unrecorded assets to survive below-ground and obscured by the masking effect of peat cover. <1> <2>