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Watern Oke is a Bronze Age unenclosed settlement located on Dartmoor in Devon, comprising ten stone hut circles that represent domestic occupation from the second millennium before present. The hut circles are distributed across the landscape without defensive enclosure, a settlement form characteristic of Bronze Age communities in southwest England. The stone foundations and structural remains indicate substantial roundhouses that would have accommodated pastoral and agricultural populations during the Bronze Age period. This site contributes important evidence for understanding settlement patterns and domestic life during the Bronze Age occupation of Dartmoor.
Ten stone hut circles forming part of an unenclosed settlement at Watern Oke is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011566. View the official record →
Watern Oke is a Bronze Age unenclosed settlement located on Dartmoor in Devon, comprising ten stone hut circles that represent domestic occupation from the second millennium before present. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011566.
Ten 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 1011566.
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 (8.8 km), A stone circle, standing stone, cairn, recumbent stone and stone alignment on Longash Common (8.8 km), Unenclosed stone hut circle settlement 200m west of Yellowmeade Farm (9.1 km).
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Ten 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.