Monument record MBC48601 - Post medieval drainage ditch system, River Thame, Weir Lodge

A post medieval drainage ditch system is visible on historic aerial photographs and remote sensing data as earthworks and was mapped as part of the Aylesbury Vale Aerial Investigation and Mapping project (EBC18604). Located on a meadow on the north bank of the River Thame about 150 metres NE of Weir Lodge and centred at SP 77783 13627, a system of parallel and perpendicular, sinuous and linear interconnecting ditches between 1 and 4.5 metres wide extends across the flood meadows for about 350 metres SW-NE and 150 metres NW-SE. At three points the ditches connect with the river. It is possible that these are the remnants of a bedwork water meadow. On aerial photographs taken in 2023 and recent remote sensing data, the ditches remain extant (1-4).