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Summary

Hut Circle '25' of 3 metres diameter with walls 1.1 metres wide by 0.8 metres high and a south-eastern entrance at Watern Oke settlement. Excavations in 1905 revealed an unpaved earth floor, many pieces of spar, quartz, burnt stones and a flint

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/16/28
• Old SAM County Ref: 488
• Old SAM Ref: 20354(P)

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Anderson, I. K., 1906, 11th Report of the Dartmoor Exploration Committee, 106, Hut 25 (Article in Serial). SDV337055.

One of a group of about 94 hut circles at Watern Oke. Hut 25; a very good circle. Diameters 17 feet and 10 feet. Deep and conical with earth floor unpaved. Entrance at south many pieces of spar and quartz, also burnt stones and flint piece.

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

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 123861 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

(1993) SX56448354 Hut circle terraced into the hillslope. Simple plan and rubble bank type. Interior measures 3m in diameter and is defined by a 1.1m wide wall standing up to 0.8m high. Doorway faces south-east and is clearly defined by facing slabs. Soil has accumulated against the northern outside wall of the building. Excavations by the Dartmoor Exploration Committee in 1905 revealed an unpaved earth floor, many pieces of spar, quartz, burnt stones and a flint.

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

Hut circle shown at 'Watern Oke West settlement'.

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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