PRESLAV (Rossina Kostova – korina68bg@yahoo.com, Kazimir Popkonstantinov) A loading platform from the excavations of 1915 was documented to the east of the apse of Church No. 5. The northern part of the Long Building consisting of four parallel rooms arranged in a line was explored. The building was 22.50 m by 4 m in size and was situated to the east of Church No. 5. The foundations of the building were 1 m wide and were constructed of boulders and roughly-cut stones bonded with clay. Sherds of the end of the 10th – 12th centuries were found. Spolia were used in the construction of Room No. 2. An amphora dug out into the floor was discovered in Room No. 4; a Byzantine lead seal of the 10th century was found as well, belonging to Michael who was Antipathos, Patrikios, imperial Protospatarios and Sakellarios. The eastern foundation of the Long Building continued to the north beyond Room No. 1 and made an angle with another building with walls 80 cm wide, constructed of roughly-cut stones bonded with clay. A hoard of 102 bronze coins of the first half of the 13th century was found there. The Northern Building was located at 10.50 m to the northeast of Church No. 5. A bronze appliqué of the 10th century and sherds of the end of the 10th – 11th centuries were found. The Rectangular Building was 11 m by 5.60 m in size and was situated at 1.85 m to the north of the Northern Building. Its foundations were 1 m wide, constructed of boulders bonded with clay. Sherds of the 11th century and a cross of copper alloy showing the crucifixion of Christ, dated to AD 900 – 1030 were found. The buildings dated to the end of the 10th – 12th centuries and were constructed according to a preliminary plan. Earlier buildings previously existed on that site.