runnymede is more than its association with magna carta as i tried to draw out in showing a range of information about the area although of course it was that association that led to other monuments being placed there a key historical issue which seems to be debated regularly is however the exact place where magna carta was sealed and this confusion in modern times is exacerbated because the word runnymede is used popularly now to refer to areas that for many centuries were known by other names the article was designed originally to address this issue and the images placed accordingly