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Watern Oke is a late prehistoric or early historic settlement comprising eight stone hut circles and a shieling located in Devon, England. The hut circles represent domestic structures typical of upland settlement in the southwest peninsula during the Bronze Age or Iron Age, though the precise dating remains uncertain. The settlement is unenclosed, suggesting a dispersed pattern of habitation rather than a formally defended or bounded community. The shieling, a seasonal pastoral structure, indicates that the site may have served pastoral as well as permanent residential purposes, reflecting the mixed economy characteristic of later prehistoric upland settlement in the region.
Eight stone hut circles and a shieling forming part of the unenclosed stone hut circle settlement at Watern Oke is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011561. View the official record →
Watern Oke is a late prehistoric or early historic settlement comprising eight stone hut circles and a shieling located in Devon, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011561.
Eight stone hut circles and a shieling 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 1011561.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including 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 (8.9 km), Unenclosed stone hut circle settlement 200m west of Yellowmeade Farm (9.2 km).
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