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Summary

Hut circle '46b' of 2.7 metres diameter with walls 1 metre wide by up to 0.7 metres high at Watern Oke settlement. Hut on the south side of a boundary running west to east. Excavations in 1905 revealed a fireplace against the northern wall

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/16/68
• Old SAM County Ref: 488
• Old SAM Ref: 20354(P)
• 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, 101-113 (Article in Serial). SDV337055.

One of a group of about 94 hut circles at Watern Oke. Hut 46b; very rough. No entrance, fireplace at north. Hut diameter 2.74m.

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

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 123884 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

(1992) ? SX 5651 8347 Hut circle is terraced into the hillslope. Simple plan and rubble bank type. Interior 2.7m diameter and is defined by a 1m wide wall standing up to 0.7m high. Excavations by the Dartmoor Exploration Committee in 1905 revealed a fire-place against the northern wall.
[Shown to the south of grid reference on Gerrard's plan of the settlement, east of 123890 and 123889].

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

Hut circle on the south side of a boundary running west to east within the 'clitter' at 'Watern Oke West settlement'.

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

Hut circle 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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