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Naseby - Kelmarsh Hall - Proposed Wind Farm

3 November 2008

The Trust is currently undertaking a metal detecting survey on the site of the proposed wind farm on the Kelmarsh Hall estate which will be supervised by our Project Officer, Dr Glenn Foard of the University Of Leeds. The work is due to be completed by 31 January 2009 and will seek to determine whether the proposed wind farm site encompasses part of the Naseby battlefield. The Trust has previously stated its opposition in principle to wind farm development adjacent to the battlefield. This is because the Trust is opposed to any development that would be prejudicial to an historic sky-line or would distract from interpreting the landscape. Where such a development is actually on the site of conflict, there is then an additional cause for objection. If such a development would destroy archaeological resource, the Trust would oppose it as strongly as possible. The exact level of the Trust's concern will be clarified by the outcome of the survey and by any eventual proposal as and when submitted.