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Summary

Hut Circle '46' of 3.7 metres diameter with walls 1.2 metres wide by up to 0.7 metres high and a southern entrance at Watern Oke settlement. The hut is attached to the south side of a boundary running west to east and adjoins a small hut/hearth to the east. No artefacts were recovered from the excavations in 1905

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/16/42
• 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, 110-113 (Article in Serial). SDV337055.

One of a group of about 94 hut circles at Watern Oke. Hut 46; diameter 3.66m. Not very satisfactory.

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

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 123890 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

(1992) SX 5650 8344 Hut circle terraced into the hillslope. Simple plan and single orthostat type. Interior measures 3.7m in diameter and is defined by a 1.2m wide wall standing up to 0.7m high. Doorway faces south. This structure is attached to a boundary wall. Excavations by the Dartmoor Exploration Committee in 1905 revealed no artefacts.

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 a boundary running west to east within the 'clitter' at 'Watern Oke West sttlement'. A small circular feature is attached to the east side of this hut.

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

Hut circle attached to the south side of a boundary running west to east 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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