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Summary

Hut Circle '32' of 3.1 metres diameter with walls 1.8 metres wide by 0.7 metres high and a south-eastern entrance at Watern Oke settlement. Boundaries extend to the west and south-east. Excavated in 1905 found a fireplace on the north side

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/16/34
• 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, 101-113 (Article in Serial). SDV337055.

SX 5647 8345 One of a group of about 94 hut circles at Watern Oke. Hut 32; diameter 3.25m. Very irregular in shape, made of large stones, entrance at south, fireplace at north.

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

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 123873 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

(1992) Hut circle terraced into the hillslope. Simple plan and single orthostat type. Interior 3.1m in diameter, defined by a 1.8m wide wall standing up to 0.7m high. Doorway faces south-east and is defined by two large uprights. The structure is attached to a length of boundary wall on its east and west edges. 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' on the west side of an area of 'clitter' with boundaries running north and west.

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

Hut circle shown on survey with a short boundary to the west and a long boundary to the south-east.

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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