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Report Title
Deep Moor Landfill Site, High Bullen, Torrington, Devon: evaluation report
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Wessex Archaeology - 2007
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Summary
Summary 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 Landf Site, High Bullen, Torrington, Devon centred on National Grid Reference 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 assist in determination of the planning application. The evaluation was undertaken over a 6 day period from the 18th to the 25th of October 2007. The evaluation identified a roughly north-south aligned trackway which was identified as a crop mark on aerial photographs from 1992. The trackway was formed by two parallel ditches with evidence of external banks revealed in seven of the excavated trenches. The trackway was dated to the post- medieval period. The western ditch of the trackway was seen to continue to the north where it was st evident as an extant earthwork in an adjacent area of woodland. The trackway is likely to been used as a `Ride', an avenue through trees for horse riding. This Ride appears to have linked Stevenstone House Park with a series of kennels identified on 19th century Ordnance Survey maps and would have been used for the movement of people, horses and hunting dogs around the estate and the surrounding countryside. A number of land drains were also identified, thought to have been put in place to aid the drainage of the site for use as agricultural land. Evidence of short-lived plough activity was also identified during the evaluation. ii Acknowledgements-----------------------------
Table of Contents
Archaeological Evaluation Report Contents 1 BACKGROUND..................................................................................................1 1.1 Introduction ..............................................................................................1 1.2 Site Location, Topography and Geology..........................................1 1.3 Planning Background ............................................................................2 2 HISTORICAL AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL BACKGROUND.......................2 2.1 Introduction ..............................................................................................2 2.2 Prehistoric.................................................................................................2 2.3 Romano-British........................................................................................3 2.4 Anglo-Saxon and early medieval........................................................3 2.5 Post-medieval...........................................................................................3 3 AIMS AND OBJECTIVES.................................................................................4 4 METHODS...........................................................................................................4 5 RESULTS ............................................................................................................5 5.1 Introduction ..............................................................................................5 5.2 Site Wide Stratigraphy...........................................................................5 5.3 The Archaeology .....................................................................................5 6 FINDS...................................................................................................................7 7 ENVIRONMENTAL ............................................................................................7 8 DISCUSSION ......................................................................................................7 9 RECOMMENDATIONS AND FURTHER WORK..........................................9 10 REFERENCES..................................................................................................10 11 APPENDIX 1: TRENCH SUMMARIES.........................................................11Archaeological Evaluation and Assessment of Results 1 BACKGROUND 1.1 Introduction 1.1.1 Wessex Archaeology was commissioned by RPS Planning and
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Archaeological Evaluation Report
Summary
Acknowledgements
1.2 Site Location, Topography and Geology
1.3 Planning Background
2 HISTORICAL AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL BACKGROUND
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Prehistoric
2.4 Anglo-Saxon and early medieval
2.5 Post-medieval
3 AIMS AND OBJECTIVES
4 METHODS
4.1.2 All archaeological deposits were recorded using Wessex
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5 RESULTS
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Site Wide Stratigraphy
5.3 The Archaeology
5.3.5 Evidence from interventions excavated through the western ditch
6 FINDS
7 ENVIRONMENTAL
8 DISCUSSION
9 RECOMMENDATIONS AND FURTHER WORK
10 REFERENCES
11 APPENDIX 1: TRENCH SUMMARIES
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