96. Modern decoy ponds associated with trapping wildfowl are noted in the Study Are (WA168, 243) as are two modern hulks (WA128 and 331), an earthwork bank (WA352) and a line of posts (WA129), potentially related to the river defences.
97.
The earliest depiction of the Site reviewed for this study is the 1611 Speed’s map of Suffolk which indicates that the majority of the settlements along the route were well established by this time. The tithe mapping for the various parishes along the route indicate the Site contains a mixture of arable and pasture fields with a number of the plots within Bawdsey, Alderton, Ramsholt and Falkenham indicating former marshland. An area of woodland and a ‘nut ground’ orchard are listed within the route that passes through Great Bealings. While a number of field names in Little Bealings, Tuddenham St Martin, Westerfield and Bramford suggest the presence of clay extraction pits and kilns.
1.5.5 Historic Landscape Character 98.
The Historic Landscape Character (HLC) for the Study Area was carried out jointly by the District Council and the County Council. This has been assessed in detail as part of the East Anglia ONE proposal (RSK 2012) but as, with the exception of the convertor stations, the majority of the development will have only a very limited impact on the HLC only a summary is provided here.
99.
The Study Area is rural in nature with only a few small villages along the route and little urban encroachment. The majority of the cable route corridor comprises of pre-18th century enclosure reflecting piecemeal medieval and post-medieval enclosure and land reclamation of former coastal marsh. Many of these earlier field systems have seen subsequent 20th century boundary loss. 18th century and later enclosure is also seen, typically forming more regular field systems and resulting from the enclosure of former commons and greens. Small areas of woodland, parkland, wetland and inter-tidal land are also seen.
100. The convertor station site lies within an area characterised as ‘ancient plateau claylands’. These include areas of scattered Ancient Woodland, a dispersed medieval settlement pattern, early irregular fields and later more regular areas of enclosure, often of woods and greens. There is some boundary loss visible within the area immediately surrounding the convertor station location and the obviously intrusive sub-station.
101. Field boundaries, particularly those considered ‘important’ under the 1997 Hedgerow Regulation Act were assessed in detail for East Anglia ONE (RSK 2012), however given the nature of the project the impact of the proposed development on
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