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HER Number:	MDV3518
Name:	Hut Circle '15' at Watern Oke settlement, Dartmoor Forest

Summary

Hut Circle '15' of 5 metres diameter with a stone floor and fireplace at Watern Oke settlement

Location

Grid Reference:	SX 563 835
Map Sheet:	SX58SE
Admin Area	Dartmoor National Park
Civil Parish	Dartmoor Forest
District	West Devon
Ecclesiastical Parish	LYDFORD

Protected Status

Scheduled Monument 1011559: Sixty stone hut circles forming part of an unenclosed settlement at Watern Oke

Other References/Statuses

Old DCC SMR Ref: SX58SE/16/16
Old SAM County Ref: 488

Monument Type(s) and Dates

HUT CIRCLE (Constructed, Bronze Age - 2200 BC (Between) to 701 BC (Between))

Full description

Anderson, I. K., 1906, 11th Report of the Dartmoor Exploration Committee, 104-5, hut 15 (Article in Serial). SDV337055.

One of a group of 94 hut circles at Watern Oke. Hut 15; a good circle with large flat stones for floor. Internal diameter 12 feet. The entrance (3 feet wide) was at south, the fireplace was opposite the entrance close to the north wall. This circle was at the north-east side of the clitter. From hut 14 in a west-south-westerly direction are the remains of walling connecting it with the latter. The wall is about 70 feet long.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1950, SX58SE9 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV232751.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 123846 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

[Gerrard's hut description not currently recorded in HER record].

Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North, 101-102, Map 32, Figure 32.4 (Monograph). SDV219155.

Hut circle at 'Watern Oke West settlement on the edge of the 'cltter' with an entrance to the south.

English Heritage, 2005-2008, Prehistoric Survey Information (Cartographic). SDV345521.

Hut circle shown on survey.

Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC, 2015-2017, 2015-2017 Aerial Photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDV361462.

Visible on aerial photograph.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV219155	Monograph: Butler, J.. 1991. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North. Two. Paperback Volume. 101-102, Map 32, Figure 32.4.


SDV232751	Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. 1950. SX58SE9. Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card. Card Index.
SDV277946	Report - Survey: Gerrard, S.. 1990-2002. Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset.. Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset.. Mixed Archive Material + Digital. MPP 123846.


SDV337055	Article in Serial: Anderson, I. K.. 1906. 11th Report of the Dartmoor Exploration Committee. Transactions of the Devonshire Association. 38. A5 Hardback. 104-5, hut 15.


SDV345521	Cartographic: English Heritage. 2005-2008. Prehistoric Survey Information. English Heritage. Digital.


SDV361462	Aerial Photograph: Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC. 2015-2017. 2015-2017 Aerial Photographs. Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC. Photograph (Digital). [Mapped feature: #139801 ]

Associated Monuments

MDV3312	Part of: Hut circle settlement at Watern Oke, Dartmoor Forest (Monument)
MDV50713	Related to: Cooking pit on north side of Hut Circle '15' at Watern Oke settlement, Dartmoor Forest (Monument)
MDV3517	Related to: Hut Circle '14' at Watern Oke settlement, Dartmoor Forest (Monument)
MDV3519	Related to: Hut Circle '16' at Watern Oke settlement, Dartmoor Forest (Monument)

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

EDV8409 - Dartmoor Royal Forest Project
EDV8679 - Okehampton Range: Management Survey
EDV8291 - Okehampton Range: Monument Baseline Condition Survey
EDV8695 - Survey of Okehampton North Dartmoor Military Range

Date Last Edited:	Jan 3 2023 11:34AM

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