53 Norman Road, SE10 TQ 3782 7739 MOLAS (Portia Askew) watching brief Nov-Dec 1996 Greenwich House Properties Ltd NRG96
Natural gravels were overlaid by a river silt, interpreted as a floodplain deposit from Deptford Creek. Above this was a reclamation dump, followed by a thick agricultural soil. The agricultural use of the site is documented from the 18th c and it continued until engineering works were constructed some time in the 1860s; these were demolished recently.