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Summary

Hut Circle '53' of 4.6 metres diameter with walls 1.7 metres wide by up to 1 metres high and maybe re-used at a later date with a southern entrance at Watern Oke settlement. Excavated in 1905 revealing a hearth against the northern wall, a large amount of cooking and rubber stones, pottery and flint

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/16/74
• Old SAM County Ref: 488
• Old SAM Ref: 20354(P)
• Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division: SX58SE9

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• HUT CIRCLE (Constructed, Early Bronze Age to Roman - 2200 BC (Between) to 409 AD (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 at Watern Oke. Hut 53; diameter 4.27m. A fine circle, entrance at south, fireplace at north extending to east. Large amount of cooking stones, pottery and flint 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 123918 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

(1992) SX 5649 8337 Hut circle terraced into the hillslope. Simple plan and single orthostat type. The interior measures 4.6m in diameter and is defined by a 1.7m wide wall standing up to 1m high. The doorway faces south. The structure is linked to hut (subsheet 48 / MDV3550) by a length of rubble boundary bank. Given the strong possibility that the other hut is of Roman date, it is possible that this hut was also built or re-occupied during the Romano British period. Excavated by the Dartmoor Exploration Committee in 1905, this work revealed a hearth against the northern wall, a large amount of cooking and rubber stones, pottery and flint.

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

Hut circle shown at 'Watern Oke West settlement'.

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

Hut circle shown on survey with no associated boundary.

Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC, 2015 onwards, 2015 onward Aerial Photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDV362959.

Visible on the aerial photography.

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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