NHER 25200 (Find Spot record) - Prehistoric flints and Roman pottery sherds, from the Landing Strip

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Summary

Fieldwalking here in 1989 recovered a selection of Roman pottery sherds and prehistoric flints. It has been suggested that the name of the site derives from its past use as an airship base but this is incorrect.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TF73NW
Civil Parish RINGSTEAD, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

14 and 15 March 1989. Fieldwalking.
Field ploughed, rolled and drilled; sparse shot cereal; rain formed thick surface crust; moderate number of flint pieces. Weather overcast with drizzle for northern third, variable sunny to bright cloudy remainder.
Roman sherds and flints.
See list in file. Finds held by NCM.
M. Flitcroft (NAU) 22 March 1989.

This site was suggested as the possible site of an airship base (NHER 13624) however, the field is named from a strip used by [1].
Information from Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum.
E. Rose (NAU) 10 April 1989.

  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • POT (Undated)
  • POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

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Record last edited

Apr 22 2026 8:18AM

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