Wind turbines; Again we have a stone circle threatened by the visual impact of a wind turbine in Aberdeenshire, and until there is more information re the planning application number we have to wait.
But there is also another much larger project on the horizon, the largest wind farm in the world (2000 wind turbines), is going to be on our doorstep, not on land but out to sea. This time it will be Dogger Bank in the North sea, the lost land or land bridge that once joined us to the continent. Today it is a very large shallow sand bank, you can wiki it for info, and is the subject of a book called 'Doggerland', as archaeological remains have been trawled from the sea over the years mesolithic finds have come to light, it was reduced to an island about 5000 bc, so whether there were prehistoric stones there I do not know.
Apart from the area being fertile fishing grounds, the archaeological evidence has also been noted by various meetings, the presumed date at which work starts is 2014/2015. I came across it in the Whitby Gazette news, they are hopefully wanting to be the port (jobs) for all the comings and goings for building this enormous wind farm and also infrastructure on land.
Doggerland, a good wiki here, note that BBC news link does say standing stones as well http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doggerland
The proposed scheme....
http://www.royalhaskoning.co.uk/en-gb/Publication/Documents/projects/dogger-bank-offshore-wind-farm-EIA.pdf
