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Summary

Hut Circle '33' of 3 metres diameter with walls 1.7 metres wide by 1 metre high with an eastern entrance at Watern Oke settlement. A short length of boundary wall leads north. Excavations by the Dartmoor Exploration Committee in 1905 revealed traces of fire all over the floor and cooking stones

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/16/66
• Old SAM County Ref: 488
• Old SAM Ref: 20354(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, 101-113 (Article in Serial). SDV337055.

One of a group of about 94 hut circles at Watern Oke. Hut 33; diameter 2.74m. Small and irregular being constructed of very large stones; possible entrance at north-east, pieces of fire all over the floor, cooking stones found.

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

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 123874 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

(1992) SX 5646 8346 Hut circle terraced into the hillslope. Simple plan and coursed stone walls type. Interior measures 3m in diameter and is defined by a 1.7m wide wall standing up to 1m high. Doorway faces east and is defined a single large upright. A short length of boundary wall leads south from the south edge of this structure. Excavations by the Dartmoor Exploration Committee in 1905 revealed traces of fire all over the floor and cooking stones.

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

Hut circle at 'Watern Oke West settlement' on a short section of a west to east boundary with another boundary running north.

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

Hut circle shown on survey with a boundary running north.

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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