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Summary

Hut circle '71' of 4.3 metres diameter with walls 1.4 metres wide by up to 0.8 metres high and a southern doorway at Watern Oke settlement. A large earthfast rock lies in the centre of the hut and rubble lies along the west side. Excavations in 1905 recovered over a hundred sling, rubber and cooking stones and a number of pottery sherds

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1011566: Ten stone hut circles forming part of an unenclosed settlement at Watern Oke

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX58SE/16/80
• Old SAM County Ref: 488
• Old SAM Ref: 20361(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 hut circles at Watern Oak. Hut 71; diameter 3.35 metres. Well constructed, visible entrance to east, more than 100 stones for sling, rubber, and cooking, and pottery was 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 123909 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

Visited in 1992. Hut circle terraced into the hillslope. Simple plan and coursed walling type. Interior measures 4.3 metres in diameter and is defined by a 1.4 metres wide wall standing up to 0.8 metres high. A large earthfast rock lies in the centre of the hut and rubble lies along the west side. The doorway faces east and survives as a buried feature below rubble. Excavations by the Dartmoor Exploration Committee in 1905, recovered over a hundred sling, rubber and cooking stones and a number of pottery sherds.

Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North, 109-110, Map 33, Figure 33.1 (Monograph). SDV219155.

Hut Circle '3' of 3.9 metres diameter within the 'Central group' to the east of the main Watern Oke settlement. Excavations in 1905 recovered over a hundred stones put to various uses.

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.

Ordnance Survey, 2023, Mastermap 2023 (Cartographic). SDV365227.

Hut circle shown on modern mapping.

Historic England, 2023, National Heritage List for England, 1011566 (National Heritage List for England). SDV365228.

This monument includes ten stone hut circles situated on a gentle south facing slope overlooking the River Tavy and forming part of the large unenclosed stone hut circle settlement at Watern Oke.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV7620 - Okehampton Artillary Range
• 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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