Page 200 - Alderney Regional Environmental Assessment of Renewable Energy: Environmental Report

Alderney

Regional Environmental Assessment of Renewable Energy:

Environmental Report

6.2

Terrestrial Archaeology

The Alderney Sites and Monuments Record identify 462 listed sites, which comprise

monuments (including structures and natural features), archaeological finds (pottery, furniture,

weapons, tools) and fortifications (Napoleonic, Victorian, WWII). The maritime related wreck

sites (of which there are 80 records) have been included in the discussion of the marine

archaeological resource in Section 6.1.

6.2.1

Baseline Description

Statutory and Local Heritage Designations:

There are no known Scheduled Monuments

(SM) or Listed Buildings (LB) on Alderney and its surrounding islands. There are also no

Registered Historic Parks and Gardens (RP&G) or Registered Battlefields within the same

area.

Due to the location of the island in the Channel and use during WWII, there are number of

fortifications around the coast of the island, which have a local heritage designation. These

form part of a ‘Protected Area Zone’ defined by The Alderney Land Use Plan (States of

Alderney, 2011a), and designed to preserve and protect the Island’s natural and archaeological

heritage. The area which covers the majority of the Alderney coastline (Figure 21) is said to

cover important archaeological areas and sites, some of which include:

Longis Common Conservation Area. This area contains the greatest concentration of

archaeological finds, including an iron-age pottery sited in the Recreational Zone;

Coastguards Cottage & Red Tiles. Beneath these properties and gardens is an iron-

age collective burial site;

Neolithic/ early Bronze Age grave south of Fort Tourgis;

Bronze Age enclosure north of Mannez House. This wall was constructed with

sandstone blocks stood on end with a turf wall infill;

The Nunnery. Roman walls within the structure have courses of Roman tile, and

medieval walls are also present. About 50 metres to the northeast, there is evidence of

a Roman wall running perpendicular to the anti-tank wall;

Le Petit Blaye. Terraces and walls of archaeological interest are present, also

prehistoric structures;

Mesolithic settlement north of Val L’Emauve; and

A number of fortifications including Forts Albert, Houmet Herbe, Tourgis, Doyle,

Clonque, Grosnez, Cornlets, Quesnard, Hommeaux Florains, Platte Saline, Ile de Raz

and Essex. Other fortifications also include The Arsenal, Chateau a L'Etoc and the

Mount Hale Battery.

Terrestrial Sites and Find Spots:

This section provides an overview of the known and

potential terrestrial archaeological resource for Alderney and its surrounding islands. This is

based on information available from the Alderney Sites and Monuments Record (SMR) for the

island. Although information from the SMR have been grouped into eight “Monument Types”

(monument, findspot, building. Land, WWII, hedge, place and destroyed), the properties of the

terrestrial archaeology are assessed chronologically. This is because sites and finds relating to

each “Monument Types” can span a range of dates and encompass both archaeological and

R/4001/7

176

R.2129