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Summary

Hut Circle '16' of 5.5 metres diameter with walls 1.8 metres wide by 0.9 metres high at Watern Oke settlement. Boundary walls lead east and north from this structure. Excavations in 1905 recovered cooking and rubbing stones and pottery with a double line pattern.

Location

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/16/17
• Old SAM County Ref: 488
• Old SAM Ref: 20354(P)

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, 105, hut 16 (Article in Serial). SDV337055.

One of a group of 94 hut circles at Watern Oke. Hut 16; deep and circular, internal diameter 12 feet, filled up with large stones. The entrance was just east of south. Burnt stones and rubbing stones were also dug up, also pottery with double line pattern.

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

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 123848 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

(1992) Hut circle terraced into the hillslope. Simple plan and coursed stone walls type. The interior measures 2.8m in diameter and is defined by a 1.8m wide wall standing up to 0.9m high. The doorway faces south-east and is partly blocked. Boundary walls lead east and south from this structure. Excavations by the Dartmoor Exploration Committee in 1905 recovered cooking and rubbing stones; also pottery with a double line pattern.

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' with boundaies to the north-west and east.

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

Associated Monuments

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

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