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Summary

Hut Circle '45' of 4.5 metres by 3 metres with walls 1.5 metres wide by up to 0.9 metres high and a doorway facing south-east at Watern Oke settlement. Excavations in 1905 revealed a paved floor, two fireplaces, many cooking stones and flint. The excavation trench is still visible.

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/16/41
• Old SAM County Ref: 488
• Old SAM Ref: 20354(P)
• Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division: SX58SE9

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, 101-113 (Article in Serial). SDV337055.

One of a group of hut circles at Watern Oke. Hut 45; 4m long. Composed of 6 rocks and a little earth, entrance to east. Monolith which seems to have formed part of its hut wall has fallen outwards. Floor was irregularly paved with boulders. Fireplaces at east and west. Many cooking stones and a piece of flint found.

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

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 123888 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

(1992) SX 5647 8343 Hut circle terraced into the hillslope. Simple plan and single orthostat walling type. Interior oval in plan and measures 4.5m long by 3m wide and is defined by 1.5m wide walls standing up to 0.9m high. Doorway faces south-east and is defined by an earthfast boulder on one side and by an orthostat on the other. Excavations by the Dartmoor Exploration Committee in 1905, revealed a paved floor, two fire-places, 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 on the south side of the 'clitter' 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 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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