England’s smallest county but one of its most productive per square mile. Jurassic limestone and ironstone give superb preservation, and Roman Ermine Street crosses the county.
FROM THE PORTABLE ANTIQUITIES SCHEME
Selected archaeological finds from the PAS records for Rutland.
EARLY MEDIEVALAn incomplete late Early Medieval to Medieval copper-alloy stirrup mount, dating to c.AD 1000 - 1100.
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Licence label and image metadata on the linked PAS record.
EARLY MEDIEVALAn Early Medieval (Viking) silver ingot, dating to c.AD 850 - 1000. The ingot is sub rectangular in plan (the bar is distorted and…
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Licence label and image metadata on the linked PAS record.
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Jurassic limestone and ironstone – outstanding metal preservation comparable to Northamptonshire and the Cotswolds. River Chater and Welland valley gravels.
Limestone arable farmland, Rutland Water fringe fields, Ermine Street corridor fields
Roman coins and bronzes, Iron Age Corieltauvi coins, Bronze Age hoards, medieval material from the county’s farming estates
Rutland has produced a remarkable density of finds per area of farmland. The Rutland Roman Mosaic (2021) was found by a detectorist – one of the most significant recent Roman discoveries.
Don’t overlook this tiny county – it packs an extraordinary amount into a small area. Every field near the limestone ridge is worth investigating.
You can detect on private land in Rutland with the landowner’s permission. You must avoid scheduled monuments, SSSIs and other protected sites. Joining a local club is the easiest way to reach permissioned land.
Yes. Metal detecting is legal in Rutland on land where you have the landowner’s permission, as long as you avoid protected sites and follow the law on reporting treasure and recording finds.
Rutland is covered by a Portable Antiquities Scheme Finds Liaison Officer who records finds made by the public. See the FLO section on this page for contact details, or search finds.org.uk.
PAS lists 3,545 database records representing 4,455 recorded objects for Rutland, checked 2 November 2026. These are recorded entries rather than a count of every find made. The period and object-type categories shown in the PAS section are selected, incomplete lists.
Contact Rutland County Council or the town or parish council managing the site before detecting. Public access is not itself permission to dig.
PAS data from finds.org.uk. Last checked 2 November 2026.
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