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Historic England's scheduling record (list entry 1011565) describes a stone hut circle on a gentle south-facing slope above the valley of the River Tavy, part of the large unenclosed Watern Oke settlement. It is terraced into the hillside, with stone and earth walls round a circular space 4 metres across, the wall 1.5 metres wide and up to 0.6 metres high. It lies in the parish of Dartmoor Forest, about 2 km east of Ger Tor.
Sources: Historic England list entry 1011565, which cites Anderson, 'Hut Circle Settlement at Watern Oke' (Devonshire Association Transactions, vol 38, 1906), page 111, and Gibson, Single Monument Class Description: Stone Hut Circles (1987).
- Period: Bronze Age
- Status: Scheduled monument (Historic England list entry 1011565)
- Grid reference: SX 5667 8332 (approximate, from the listing's coordinates)
Historic England listed designation: A stone hut circle forming part of the unenclosed stone hut circle settlement at Watern Oke
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