PRESLAV (Angel Konakliev – angeltg@abv.bg, Stela Doncheva) The excavations were carried out in Sectors 161 and 162. The explorations of the northern wall of the churchyard of the basilica continued. The secondary wall of the churchyard was moved at 6.40 m to the south from the line of the primary one. The surrounding walls were 90 cm wide, built of stones bonded with mortar and preserved up to 90 cm in height. The northern surrounding wall was cut by a later water-conduit dated to the 11th century and synchronous to the other several water-conduits in that area. Stone slabs from the primary pavement of the churchyard were discovered. A draining shaft, 90 cm by 75 cm in size and 70 cm deep, was explored in the northwestern corner of the churchyard of the basilica. The water in the draining shaft drew away via a drain built of stone slabs, 35 cm wide and 20 cm high. A wall in rubble masonry connected with terracing the terrain during the 11th – 12th century was discovered. Late Mediaeval sherds, scyphates and architectural details were found. A building of the Byzantine period, built of stones bonded with mortar, was discovered. The finds from the excavations included fragments from multicolor marble mosaics, three lead seals, styli and book clasps, bronze and glass jewelry. In addition, 83 coins were found: the earliest ones were two anonymous Byzantine folles of Class A2 (AD 976 – 1030/1035), while the latest one was a copper scyphate of the Bulgarian King Konstantin Tih (AD 1257 – 1277). The coins also included two anonymous Byzantine folles of Class B (AD 1030/1035 – 1042) and one of Class I (AD 1075 – 1080), Latin imitative coins of the 1240s – 1260s, a follis of Constantine X Doukas and Eudokia Makrembolitissa, a billon nomisma of Andronikos I Komnenos and another billon nomisma of the ruler of Thessalonica Theodore Komnenos Doukas (AD 1224 – 1230).