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Summary

Huts Circle '42' and '43' are two conjoined huts at Watern Oke settlement. The northern hut is 4 metres diameter with walls 1.4 metres wide by up to 1 metre high and the southern hut is 3.5 metres diameter with walls 1.8 metres wide by up to 0.9 metres high. Excavations in 1905 revealed fireplaces near to the northern wall of both structures and flint in the southern building

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1011561: Eight stone hut circles and a shieling forming part of the unenclosed stone hut circle settlement at Watern Oke

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX58SE/16/91
• Old SAM Ref: 20356(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, 108, huts 42 & 43 (Article in Serial). SDV337055.

Two of a group of hut circles at Watern Oke. Hut 42. Diameter 2.74m, roughly built of boulders, entrance at south-west, fireplace at north. Hut 43. Large, fine and circular and well built. Entrance at south, fireplace at north; a piece of flint 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 123883 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

(1992) SX 5642 8340 Hut circle terraced into the hillslope. Includes two conjoined hut circles and is composed of single orthostat walling. The interior of the northern structure measures 4m in diameter and is defined by a 1.4m wide wall standing up to 1m high. The second structure measures 3.5m in diameter and is defined by a 1.8m wide wall standing up to 0.9m high. The doorway faces south and is defined by large upright slabs. Excavations by the Dartmoor Exploration Committee in 1905 revealed fire-places near to the northern wall of both structures and flint in the southern building.

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

Two adjoining hut circles at 'Watern Oke West settlement.

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

Two adjoining hut circles 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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