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Summary

Hut Circle of 3.2 metres diameter with walls 1.3 metres wide by 1.3 metres high and a blocked entrance to the south-east at Watern Oke settlement. Excavated in 1905 but no artefacts recorded

Summary from record MDV50716:
Vis=estimated -/-/1992 (gerrard) hut circle terraced into the hillslope. Simple plan and coursed stone walls type. The interior measures 3.2m in diameter and is defined by a 1.3m wide wall standing up to 1.3m high. The doorway faces se and is partially blocked. Excavated by the dartmoor exploration committee in 1905, though there is no report of any internal structures or artefacts being recovered (mpp).

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/16/107
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX58SE/16/87
• Old SAM Ref: 20354(P)

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, 106 (Article in Serial). SDV337055.

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

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 123867 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

Viited in 1992. Hut circle terraced into hillslope. Simple plan and coursed wall. Internal diameter 3.2 metres. Wall 1.3 metres wide, 1.3 metres high. Doorway to south-east partially blocked. Excavated in 1905, though no report of internal structures or artefacts.

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

Hut circle at 'Watern Oke West settlement' on the edge of the 'clitter' with a small section of boundary running south-east.

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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