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Historic England's scheduling record (list entry 1011562) describes a stone hut circle in an area of clitter on a south-facing slope above the valley of the River Tavy, part of the large unenclosed Watern Oke settlement. It is a stone and earth wall 1.1 metres wide and 0.4 metres high around a circular space 3.2 metres across. The Dartmoor Exploration Committee did not excavate or survey it. It lies in the parish of Dartmoor Forest, about 1.7 km east of Ger Tor.
Sources: Historic England list entry 1011562, which cites Anderson, 'Hut Circle Settlement at Watern Oke' (Devonshire Association Transactions, vol 38, 1906), pages 101 to 113, and Gibson, Single Monument Class Description: Stone Hut Circles (1987).
- Period: Bronze Age
- Status: Scheduled monument (Historic England list entry 1011562)
- Grid reference: SX 5640 8349 (approximate, from the listing's coordinates)
Historic England listed designation: A small stone hut circle forming part of the unenclosed stone hut circle settlement at Watern Oke
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