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Summary

Hut circle '66' at Watern Oke settlement consists of two conjoined rooms. The north room is 2.8 metres by 2 metres with walls 1.2 metre wide by up to 0.5 metres high. The south room is 2.7 metres in diameter with walls 1.4 metres wide by 0.6 metres high. Excavations in 1905 recovered rubber and cooking stones

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1011566: Ten stone hut circles forming part of an unenclosed settlement at Watern Oke

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX58SE/16/53
• Old SAM County Ref: 488
• Old SAM Ref: 20361(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, 101-13 (Article in Serial). SDV337055.

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

One of a settlement at Watern Oak. Hut 66; a massive stone hut of large granite boulders. Rubbing and cooking stones found.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 123904 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

(1992) SX 56788332 Conjoined hut circle. Consists of two rooms defined by stone and earth walls and is terraced into the hillslope. The north room measures 2.8 metres by 2 metres and is defined by a 1.2 metre wide single orthostat wall standing up to 0.5 meters high. The south room measures 2.7 metres in diameter and the surrounding single orthostat wall is 1.4 metres wide and 0.6 metres high. Excavations by the Dartmoor Exploration Committee in 1905, recovered rubber and cooking stones.

Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North, 109-110, Map 33, Figure 33.1 (Monograph). SDV219155.

Two conjoined hut circles in the 'Central group' to the east of the main Watern Oke settlement.

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

Single hut circle shown on survey

Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC, 2015 onwards, 2015 onward Aerial Photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDV362959.

Visible on aerial photograph.

Ordnance Survey, 2023, Mastermap 2023 (Cartographic). SDV365227.

Hut circle shown on modern mapping.

Historic England, 2023, National Heritage List for England, 1011566 (National Heritage List for England). SDV365228.

This monument includes ten stone hut circles situated on a gentle south facing slope overlooking the River Tavy and forming part of the large unenclosed stone hut circle settlement at Watern Oke. One hut is a two roomed structure with an oval compartment measuring 2.8 metres long by 2 metres wide and a circular room measuring 2.7 metres in diameter.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV7620 - Okehampton Artillary Range
• 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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