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Summary

Hut Circle '26' of 3.8 metres diameter with walls 0.6 metres wide by up to 0.4 metres high and a southern entrance at Watern Oke settlement. Boundaries extend to the east,west and south-east. Excavations in 1905 revealed a paved floor, cooking stones and pieces of spar

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/16/30
• 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))
• WALL (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 26 (Article in Serial). SDV337055.

One of a group of about 94 hut circles at Watern Oke. Hut 26; external diameter 19 feet, internal diameter 11 feet (3.35m). Entrance on the south side was about 2 feet in width (0.6m); floor was paved with large stones. Cooking stones and pieces of spar were found.

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

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 123863 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

(1992) SX56458353 Hut circle terraced into the hillslope. Simple plan and single orthostat type. Interior. Structure measures 3.8m in diameter and is defined by a 0.6m wide wall standing up to 0.4m high. Doorway faces south. Excavations by the Dartmoor Exploration Committee in 1905 revealed a paved floor, cooking stones and pieces of spar.

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 to the east and a short section of wall joining another boundary to the south.

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

Hut circle shown on survey at the junction of three boundaries.

Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC, 2015 onwards, 2015 onward Aerial Photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDV362959.

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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