A watching brief was maintained during the excavations for the footings and service trenches for nine dwellings at Burtenshaw Lane, Market Street, Hailsham, East Sussex. All excavations were carried out using an 8 tonne excavator and all trenches were cut well into the natural, exposing the natural geology of Wealden Clay. No archaeological features were encountered during the watching brief with all excavations being archaeologically sterile, possibly due either to all past activity having taken place further towards the street frontage, or more recent activity having destroyed it. Apart from five sherds of medieval pottery the small assemblage of finds dated to the later post-medieval period.