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Watern Oke is a Bronze Age unenclosed settlement in Devon comprising approximately sixty stone hut circles. The settlement dates to the second millennium BCE and represents a significant example of prehistoric domestic occupation in the South West of England. The hut circles, constructed from stone rubble, are distributed across the landscape without formal defensive enclosure, indicating a community organised for pastoral and agricultural subsistence rather than military defence. The site provides important archaeological evidence for understanding Bronze Age settlement patterns and domestic life in the upland regions of Devon.
Sixty stone hut circles forming part of an unenclosed settlement at Watern Oke is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011559. View the official record →
Watern Oke is a Bronze Age unenclosed settlement in Devon comprising approximately sixty stone hut circles. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011559.
Sixty 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 1011559.
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 (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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