An archaeological evaluation was carried out at The Old Parsonage, Eastbourne Road, East Dean, BN20 0DN, in connection with two planning applications in progress, each for the proposed construction of a residential dwelling on the same plot of land. The two evaluation trenches opened recorded a stratigraphy of topsoil, subsoil and the natural deposit. No archaeological features or deposits were encountered. The Site is, however, very likely to have lain within the prehistoric or Roman field system recorded to the immediate east of the village. Prehistoric activity within the locality is represented on Site by the discovery of two struck flints. Whilst a small number of Late Post-Medieval finds were also recovered, the absence of medieval artefacts suggests that the Site stood outside the core of the medieval village. The lack of archaeological material is consistent with the Site having been agricultural farmland in the past, as this low intensity use leaves little archaeological impact.