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Summary

Hut Circle '36' of 5 metres by 2.5 metres with walls 1.5 metres wide by up to 0.8 metres high at Watern Oke settlement. Boundary walls leads west and south-west from this structure. Excavations in 1905 revealed a large fireplace close to the north wall, many cooking stones and 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/16/36
• Old SAM County Ref: 488
• Old SAM Ref: 20354(P)
• Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division: SX58SE9

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.

One of a group of about 94 hut circles at Watern Oke. Hut 36; measures 6m by 2.13m. Certainly a habitation, but very rough, more like a quarry than anything else. No entrance, fireplace of considerable extent at the north; many cooking stones found and also a piece of flint. Probably this was a large cooking chamber.

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

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 12887 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

(1992) SX 5647 8344 Hut circle terraced into the hillslope. Simple plan and single orthostat walling type. Interior oval in plan, 5m by 2.5m and is defined by 1.5m wide walls standing up to 0.8m high. Doorway is blocked and not visible. A boundary wall leads west from the western edge of this structure. Excavations by the Dartmoor Exploration Committee in 1905, revealed a large fire-place close to the north wall, many cooking stones and flint. The excavation trench is still visible.

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 curving to the north-west.

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

Rectangular feature shown on survey with boundaries extending to the west and south-west.

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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