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Summary

Hut Circle '55' of 4.5 metres diameter with walls 1.5 metres wide by up to 1 metre high and a blocked doorway to the south at Watern Oke settlement. Excavations in 1905 revealed a fireplace against the west wall, large quantities of cooking stones, pottery sherds and flints

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/16/75
• Old SAM County Ref: 488
• Old SAM Ref: 20354(P)
• Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division: SX58SE9

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Anderson, I. K., 1906, 11th Report of the Dartmoor Exploration Committee, 110 (Article in Serial). SDV337055.

One a group of about 94 at Watern Oke. Hut 55; diameter 4.17m. Well built of large stones, entrance at south, fireplace on west side. Large quantity of cooking stones found; also pottery and some pieces of flint.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1950, SX58SE9, SX58SE9, Hut 55 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV232751.

Hut circle at Watern Oak.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 123898 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

(1992) SX 5648 8335 Hut circle terraced into the hillslope. Simple plan, single orthostat and coursed walling type. Interior measures 4.5m in diameter and is defined by a 1.5m wide wall standing up to 1m high. Doorway, now blocked, faces south. Excavations by the Dartmoor Exploration Committee in 1905 revealed a fire-place against the west wall, large quantities of cooking stones, pottery sherds and flints.

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

Hut circle shown at 'Watern Oke West settlement' with a small hut adjoining to the north.

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

Hut circle shown on survey adjoining hut circle to the north.

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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