PRESLAV (Rossina Kostova – korina68bg@yahoo.com, Kazimir Popkonstantinov) The monastery of Chargubilya Mostich, situated in the southeastern end of the Outer Town of Preslav, was founded during the first half of the 10th century under the patronage of monk Georgi, the Bulgarian Synkellos. The explorations of the Southwestern Building consisting of parallel rooms arranged in a line continued. It was over 35 m long and 4.75 m wide. Its foundations were 80 cm wide and its walls were 50 – 90 cm wide. The building had a roof covered with tegulae and imbrices. Three parallel rooms arranged in a line were documented, 5.20 m, 9.25 m and 10.60 m long. There was an entrance, 70 cm wide, between Rooms No. 1 and No. 2. The finds in Room No. 1 included more sherds from the dish produced from white clay with painted decoration showing peacock feather ornaments and a gryphon that was discovered in 2009, a bronze clasp from a book, a small lead cross and pottery of the 10th – 11th centuries. The finds in Room No. 2 included two bronze coins of Leo VI the Wise, a coin of John II Komnenos minted in Thessalonica, a bone plate showing a saint in devotional gesture (probably from a triptych with the scene of Deesis), an iron ploughshare and a lead Byzantine seal. A secondary constructed oven with three pots of the 12th – 13th century placed in front of it was discovered in Room No. 3. The finds included a ceramic spindle whorl, a stem from a small glass and a coin of the 1240s – 1250s. A coin of Leo VI the Wise, a belt appliqué and an anonymous Byzantine follis of the Class A3 (c. 1020 – 1030) were found in front of the southern façade of the building. The total number of the coins found during the excavations was 23: a gold coin of Theophilos and 22 bronze coins of Leo VI the Wise, anonymous Byzantine folles of the Classes A2, A3 and B, and coins of the 1230s – 1250s, mainly Latin imitations. The Southwestern Building was a dwelling constructed during the first half of the 10th century and reconstructed during the 12th – 13th centuries.