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- 2004 RESCUE ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXCAVATIONS IN THE ‘BALAK DERE’ FORTRESS (Boni Petrunova – boni_boon@abv.bg) The ‘Balak Dere’ fortress is situated on the riverbank of Arda, near the town of Ivailovgrad. Treasure hunting excavations within the ruins of the fortress w... Read More
- 2007 EXPLORATIONS NEAR IVAILOVGRAD (Ivailo Kanev – tapanar@abv.bg) A pile of stones and eight graves of a Christian cemetery were discovered in trench No. 88. A coin of Emperor Constantine VII Porphyrogennetos and a coin of Emperor Alexios I Komnenos were found... Read More
- 2008 ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXPLORATIONS NEAR IVAILOVGRAD (Ivailo Kanev – tapanar@abv.bg) The fortress could be identified as Rodestuic mentioned in the mediaeval historical sources. It functioned during the end of the 4th and the 5th centuries AD, while in the 6th cen... Read More
- 2009 ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXPLORATIONS NEAR IVAILOVGRAD (Ivailo Kanev – tapanar@abv.bg) A room in Public Building No. 2 was explored in trench No. 89. Charcoal and building pottery were found in the upper layers. A number of nails and decorative tacks, probably origi... Read More
- 2010 ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXPLORATIONS NEAR IVAILOVGRAD (Ivailo Kanev – tapanar@abv.bg) Christian graves Nos. 21 and 22 were explored in trenches Nos. 79 and 89. A fragmentary marble slab with an inscription was reused as a side wall of grave No. 22. Sherds and Latin... Read More
- 2011 ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXPLORATIONS NEAR IVAILOVGRAD (Ivailo Kanev – tapanar@abv.bg) Sondage No. 1 was carried out in the northeastern part of the fortress close to the supposed entrance. The finds included nails, fragments from blue glass bracelets and sherds. So... Read More
- 2012 ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXPLORATIONS NEAR IVAILOVGRAD (Ivailo Kanev – tapanar@abv.bg) The fortress covered an area of 1 ha. A sondage was carried out on the southern Late Antique fortification wall near to the pilaster that was discovered. A kempfer capital with a ... Read More
- 2013 BALAK DERE FORTRESS (Ivailo Kanev – tapanar@abv.bg) The explorations of Building No. 3 continued. Proto-Bulgarian belt appliqués of the 10th century, anonymous Byzantine folles of the 11th century and Latin imitative coins minted in Constantinople in 1205 ... Read More
- 2014 BALAK DERE FORTRESS (Ivailo Kanev – tapanar@abv.bg) The yard in front of the southern entrance of Building No. 3 was explored. Fragmentary building ceramics were found. The western surrounding wall of the yard adjoined the wall of the building. Both walls ... Read More
- 2015 BALAK DERE FORTRESS (Ivailo Kanev – tapanar@abv.bg) Building No. 3 existed from the first half of the 4th to the beginning of the 7th centuries AD. During the second half of the 5th century AD, the building was burned during the invasions of Slavs and Avar... Read More
- 2016 BALAK DERE FORTRESS (Mariela Inkova – inkovam@mail.bg, Ivailo Kanev) The exploration of Bulding No. 3 continued. A stratum was explored above the pavement of stone slabs situated to the south of the building, containing two Latin imitative coins of AD 1205... Read More
- 2017 BALAK DERE FORTRESS (Ivailo Kanev – tapanar@abv.bg) Building No. 3 was explored. The eastern surrounding wall was 80 cm wide. The open area paved with stone slabs was 27 m by 15 m in size with two entrances from the south and one from the east. The ground ... Read More
- 2019 BALAK DERE FORTRESS (Ivailo Kanev – tapanar@abv.bg) The excavations continued to the south of Building No. 2 towards the southern fortification wall. The finds discovered in the layer from 20 cm to 60 cm included sherds, iron wedges and coins, mostly Latin... Read More

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