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The stone hut circle at Watern Oke is a prehistoric domestic structure forming part of an unenclosed settlement in Devon. Dating to the Bronze Age, the hut circle comprises a roughly circular arrangement of stone, typical of domestic dwellings from this period in south-western Britain. The settlement at Watern Oke represents an important archaeological record of Bronze Age settlement patterns and subsistence practices in the upland regions of Devon. The unenclosed nature of the settlement, in contrast to contemporary fortified or palisaded sites elsewhere, provides evidence of the varied social and economic organisation of Bronze Age communities.
A small stone hut circle forming part of the unenclosed stone hut circle settlement at Watern Oke is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011562. View the official record →
The stone hut circle at Watern Oke is a prehistoric domestic structure forming part of an unenclosed settlement in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011562.
A small stone hut circle forming part of the unenclosed stone hut circle settlement at Watern Oke is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1011562.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Three stone alignments, ten cairns, three stone hut circles and a length of the Great Western Reave on Longash Common (8.9 km), A stone circle, standing stone, cairn, recumbent stone and stone alignment on Longash Common (8.9 km), Partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement, two cairns and a route marker 325m north west of Yellowmeade Farm (9 km).
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A small stone hut circle forming part of the unenclosed stone hut circle settlement at Watern Oke stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is felsic-rock.