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Summary

Hut circles '75' and '76' at Watern Oke settlement consists of conjoined rooms. The northern room is 2.7 metres diameter with walls 1.4 metres by up to 0.7 metres high. The southern room is 3.1 metres diameter with walls 1.4 metres wide by 0.8 metres high. Excavations in 1905 revealed rubber stones in the southern room and a doorway facing east leading from it

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1011567: Five stone hut circles forming part of an unenclosed settlement at Watern Oke

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX58SE/16/57
• Old SAM County Ref: 488
• Old SAM Ref: 20362
• Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division: SX58SE9

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, 112, huts 75 & 76 (Article in Serial). SDV337055.

Two of a group of hut circles at Watern Oke. Huts 75 (diameter 4.57m) and 76 (diameter 3.66m); contiguous, very difficult to separate as they are linked with large rough stones. Possible entrance was close to the junction on the north-east side of hut 75, in which some large rubber stones were 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 123914 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

(1992) SX 5690 8338 conjoined hut circle. Consists of two rooms defined by stone and earth walls, terraced into the hillslope. The northern room measures 2.7m in diameter and is defined by a 1.4m wide coursed wall standing up to 0.7m high. The southern room measures 3.1m in diameter and the surrounding coursed wall is 1.4m wide and 0.8m high. Excavations by the Dartmoor Exploration Committee in 1905 revealed rubber stones in the southern room and a doorway facing east leading from the same room.

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

Two hut circles adjoining in the 'East group' to the east of the main settlement at Watern Oke.

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

Double hut circles 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.

Conjoined hut circles shown on modern mapping.

Historic England, 2023, National Heritage List for England, 1011567 (National Heritage List for England). SDV365228.

This monument includes five 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. This hut is a two-roomed structure with the compartments measuring 2.7 metres and 3.1 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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