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Summary

Medieval building adjoining Hut Circle '38' at Watern Oke settlement. Rectangular one roomed structure of 7.4 metres by 3 metres with walls 1.7 metres wide by 1 metre high. Likely to be a Medieval shieling. Excavations in 1905 described it as a hut circle and recorded a fire-place in the south-west corner

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1011561: Eight stone hut circles and a shieling forming part of the unenclosed stone hut circle settlement at Watern Oke

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX58SE/16/90
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX58SE/75/1
• Old SAM County Ref: 488
• Old SAM Ref: 20356
• Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division: SX58SE9

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• (Former Type) HUT CIRCLE (Constructed, Bronze Age - 2200 BC (Between) to 701 BC (Between))
• SHIELING? (Constructed, Early Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD (Between) to 1750 AD (Between))

Full description

Anderson, I. K., 1906, 11th Report of the Dartmoor Exploration Committee, 108, hut 38a (Article in Serial). SDV337055.

Hut 38a. Adjoins hut 38 and is oblong, measuring 24 feet (7.3m) north-south, by 10 feet (3.0m). Made of very large rough stones. Entrance was at the south-west corner and fireplace at south.

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

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 123878 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

(30/11/1991) Rectangular one roomed structure with coursed stone walls. The interior of the structure measures 7.4m by 3m and is defined by 1.7m wide walls standing up to 1m high. Although situated in close proximity to a number of stone hut circles, this structure is unlike any other within the settlement and is more likely to be a shieling. It is possible that material from an underlying hut circle was robbed to erect this building.
Excavations by the Dartmoor Exploration Committee in 1905 revealed a fire-place in the south-west corner.

Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North, 101-102, Map 32, Figure 32.4 (Monograph). SDV219155.

Rectanglar building of 7.8 metres by 3.0 metres adjoining Hut Circle '9' at 'Watern Oke West settlement'. It has an entrance in one of the long sides. Excavations in 1905 revealed a fireplace but nothing to determine its date.

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

Rectilinear feature 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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