PRESLAV (Angel Konakliev – angeltg@abv.bg, Stela Doncheva) A sector between the Palatial Church and the Patriarchate Basilica was explored. A pavement of stone slabs arranged over a mortar layer was discovered, dated to the 11th century. Walls of the two buildings, which dated to the 12th – 13th centuries and were documented a few years ago, were explored. The wall of the first building was constructed of stones bonded with mortar and was 80 cm wide. The wall of the second building, which measures 6 m by 4.20 m, was constructed in rubble masonry and was 80 cm wide. The extension of the drain built of bricks was discovered. The drain began from a shaft 1.50 m by 1.60 m in size. A non-canonical Christian burial of a man was explored. The body was cut in two parts buried at 50 cm from each other. An iron reaping hook was found on the pelvis of the dead, probably used to cut the body apart. A new water-conduit was discovered, located to the east of the other five water-conduits discovered to the north of the Basilica. The finds from the excavations included coins, including three Byzantine folles and a Serbian silver grosso from the hoard discovered a few years ago, marble slabs from pavements, two small bells, one of them in the shape of a patriarch cross, sherds of the 10th century and of the 12th – 13th centuries.