[2] The cost of producing the journal meant that external grants were needed early on, supplementing the society's membership fees.

Medieval Archaeology inspired the creation of other similarly themed academic journals, Archéologie mediévale (French), Zeitschrift für Archäologie des Mittelalters (German), and Archeologia Medievale (Italian).

[4] In 2007, Medieval Archaeology began including abstracts translated into French, German, and Italian.

Since 2007, the Society has given the Martyn Jope Award to "the best novel interpretation, application of analytical method or presentation of new findings published in its journal".

[6] In 1963, a double volume issue was printed as a printer's strike the previous year meant there had been no journal.