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HER Number:	MDV3528
Name:	Hut Circle '24' at Watern Oke settlement, Dartmoor Forest

Summary

Hut Circle '24' of 3 metres diameter with walls 1.5 metres wide by 0.9 metres high and a southern entrance at Watern Oke settlement. Excavations in 1905 revealed a fireplace, pottery and flint

Location

Grid Reference:	SX 564 835
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/16/26
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, 106, hut 24 (Article in Serial). SDV337055.

One of a group of about 94 hut circles at Watern Oke. Hut 24; very nicely constructed but not circular. Entrance just south of east. Cooking and rubbing stones found and the fireplace indicated; also pottery with marking of double lines, and flint.

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

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 123860 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

(1993) Hut circle terraced into the hillslope. Simple plan and coursed stone walls type. Interior measures 3m in diameter and is defined by a 1.5m wide walls standing up to 0.9m high. Doorway, defined by a single upright granite slab, faces s. Excavations by the Dartmoor Exploration Committee in 1905 revealed a fireplace, pottery and flint.

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 a boundary running north.

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 123860.


SDV337055	Article in Serial: Anderson, I. K.. 1906. 11th Report of the Dartmoor Exploration Committee. Transactions of the Devonshire Association. 38. A5 Hardback. 106, hut 24.


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: #133806 ]

Associated Monuments

MDV3312	Part of: Hut circle settlement at Watern Oke, Dartmoor Forest (Monument)
MDV3529	Related to: Hut Circle '24a' 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 6 2023 9:10AM

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