A LARGE inscribed granite boulder will be gently lowered over a stainless steel capsule at the old Cross Tree site in Chagford, on Sunday, September 9.
Unlike most traditional time capsules that contain objects, the Chagford Time Capsule contains a roll of 16mm film.
Recorded on the film are the contents of more than 100 envelopes from residents containing photographs, drawings, and handwritten and word-processed letters.
Organiser Perran Newman, from the Chagford Local History Society, decided not to try and bury any objects after advice from the British Museum.
There is a real potential problem when assorted materials are sealed together, particularly from plastics which can emit chemical vapours.
'We don't want to risk anything happening to our film during the next 100 years,' said Mr Newman. 'Far better to place a few under the floorboards of your own house with a personal message.'
The project was undertaken by the Chagford Local History Society with a Millennium Grant. This allowed computer equipment and a digital camera to be purchased together with the stainless steel capsule.
The granite stone has been inscribed with the letters MM by the well known Drewsteignton sculptor, Peter Randell Page.
'A comprehensive poster detailing the project will be prepared to join the many others already completed in Endacott House under the Chagford Parish Map project,' said Mr Newman.
The burial will be the culmination of a project that started with the somewhat disappointing thought that in 1900 the residents of Chagford did not think it worthwhile to capture their own lives in some form of written record.