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Summary

The western of a pair of huts. Hut circle terraced into the hillside. Simple plan and rubble bank walling type. The interior measures 2.5m in diameter and is defined by a 1.4m wide wall standing up to 0.5m high.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1011563: Two stone hut circles 310m south of Deadlake Foot
• SHINE: Walling remains of two Prehistoric hut circles on the north side of the River Tavy to the north-west of Watern Oke

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX58SE31
• National Monuments Record: SX58SE33
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 1184975
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 966518
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX58SE/74
• Old SAM Ref: 20358

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• HUT CIRCLE (Bronze Age - 2200 BC (Between) to 701 BC (Between))

Full description

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 12935, photograph (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

(13/10/1992) The western of a pair of huts. Hut circle terraced into the hillside. Simple plan and rubble bank walling type. The interior measures 2.5m in diameter and is defined by a 1.4m wide wall standing up to 0.5m high.

Ancient Monuments, 1992-1993, Schedule notes (Schedule Document). SDV268151.

(1992) The western of two hut circles. Internal diameter 2.5m. Stone and earth wall 1.4m wide, 0.5m high.

Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England, 1993-1998, Dartmoor Royal Forest Project (Report - Survey). SDV346608.

(15/08/1995) Hut circles and fragmentary enclosure walls, centred at SX56148372. Four hut circles and two short lengths of enclosure wall lie on the right bank floodplain of the River Tavy at its confluence with the Rattle Brook. The huts (tabulated below) are omitted from Anderson's plan and description (Anderson 1906) even though two have apparently been excavated. All the huts are levelled into the gentle south-facing slope at the edge of the narrow floodplain and possess diameters in the range 1.9m to 3.9m. Two have entrances in the southern quadrant. The field walls are situated on the riverside and are unconnected though probably contemporary with the huts. The turf-covered stony banks measure on average 1.2m wide and 0.4m high and form no identifiable pattern.
SX56168370 Hut diameter measures 2.2m internally, with walls 0.8m wide, 0.3m high. Excavated.

Probert, S. A. J. + Newman, P., 2003-2004, Measured survey North Dartmoor Military Range Okehampton Range: Monument Baseline Condition Survey (Report - Survey). SDV350801.

(21/08/2003) These features remain in good condition and are as described in 1995.

Ordnance Survey, 2012, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV348725.

Western of two 'Hut Circles' shown on modern mapping to the north-west of Watern Oke.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8679 - Okehampton Range: Management Survey
• EDV8291 - Okehampton Range: Monument Baseline Condition Survey
• EDV8695 - Survey of Okehampton North Dartmoor Military Range

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