Description

Wessex Archaeology was commissioned by RPS Planning and Development on behalf of their client Devon County Council to undertake an archaeological evaluation on the site of a proposed In Vessel Composting facility at Deep Moor Landfill Site, High Bullen, Torrington, Devon centred on NGR 252954 120959.
A planning application to construct an In Vessel Composting facility was submitted by Viridor Waste Management Limited to Devon County Council (Planning application No: DCC/466/2007). RPS Planning and Development were commissioned to produce a desk-based archaeological assessment of the proposed development as part of this application.
Following the results of the desk-based assessment a programme of archaeological evaluation was required by Devon County Council to comply with conditions attached to the planning permission.
The evaluation was undertaken over a 6 day period from the 18th to the 25th of October 2007.