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Five stone hut circles forming part of an unenclosed settlement at Watern Oke is a Bronze Age or Iron Age settlement located in Devon, England. The site comprises five circular or oval stone-built structures arranged without defensive enclosure, representing a domestic settlement pattern characteristic of later prehistoric communities in the Southwest. The hut circles, constructed from stone rubble, measure several metres in diameter and retain evidence of their original ground plans, providing archaeological insight into the domestic arrangements and settlement organisation of the period. The monument is protected as a scheduled ancient monument and remains an important example of unenclosed settlement archaeology in Devon.
Five stone hut circles forming part of an unenclosed settlement at Watern Oke is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011567. View the official record →
Five stone hut circles forming part of an unenclosed settlement at Watern Oke is a Bronze Age or Iron Age settlement located in Devon, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011567.
Five stone hut circles forming part of an unenclosed 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 1011567.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement, two cairns and a route marker 325m north west of Yellowmeade Farm (8.9 km), A stone circle, standing stone, cairn, recumbent stone and stone alignment on Longash Common (8.9 km), Unenclosed stone hut circle settlement 200m west of Yellowmeade Farm (9.2 km).
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Five stone hut circles forming part of an unenclosed settlement at Watern Oke stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is felsic-rock.