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Summary

Hut circle '73' of 2.7 metres diameter with walls 1.1 metres wide by up to 0.8 metres high at Watern Oke settlement. Excavations in 1905 recovered cooking stones

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1011567: Five stone hut circles forming part of an unenclosed settlement at Watern Oke

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX58SE/16/81
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX58SE/16/98
• Old SAM County Ref: 488
• Old SAM Ref: 20362(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, 112, Hut 73 (Article in Serial). SDV337055.

One of a group of hut circles at Watern Oke. Hut 73; longer diameter, 12 feet (3.66m) by 7 feet (2.13m). A large nearly square stone nearly filled the hut. Cooking stones found. No entrance identified.

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

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 123910 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

(16/10/1992) Hut circle terraced into hillslope. Simple plan and single orthostat walling type. The interior of the structure measures 2.7 metres in diameter and is defined by a 1.1 metres wide wall standing up to 0.8 metres high. A gap in the east-south-east wall may be a doorway, although the Dartmoor Exploration Committee who excavated this hut in 1905 could not find an entrance. A single slab lying immediately north of the possible entrance may represent a porch although it is possible that this stone was displaced during the excavation. Artefacts found during the excavation included cooking stones.

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

Hut circle within the 'East group' to the east of the main settlement at Watern Oke.

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.

Faintly 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, 1011567 (National Heritage List for England). SDV365228.

This monument includes five 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

• FDV5969 - COOKING STONE (Prehistoric - 698000 BC to 42 AD)

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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