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Summary

Hut Circle '31' of 2.6 metres diameter with walls 1.8 metres wide by up to 1 metre highat Watern Oke settlement. A boundary wall leads northwards from this building. Excavated in 1905 but no artefacts recorded

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/16/33
• 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, 101-113 (Article in Serial). SDV337055.

One of a group of about 94 hut circles at Watern Oak. Stone hut 31; internal diameter 3.66 metres. Made of large stones. No entrance.

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

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 123869 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

Visited in 1992. Hut circle terraced into the hillslope. Simple plan and single orthostat type. Interior measures 2.6 metres in diameter and is defined by a 1.8 metres wide wall standing up to 1 metre high. Doorway is blocked and not visible. A boundary wall leads northwards from the north edge of the building. Excavated by the Dartmoor Exploration Committee in 1905, but there is no record of any artefacts or internal structures being found.

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' at the southern end of a north to south boundary.

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

Rectilinear feature shown on survey with a boundary running north.

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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