ABRITUS (Galena Radoslavova – galena_rz@abv.bg, Georgi Dzanev) Two houses of the second half of the 10th – beginning of the 11th centuries were documented along the southern wall of Building VIII. Four buildings were discovered along the inner side of the eastern sector of the northern fortification wall close to Towers Nos. 8, 9 and 10. One room was discovered in the first building. It was constructed in rubble masonry and its walls were plastered with mortar. The finds comprised sherds of the 4th – 5th centuries AD, a terracotta lamp of the end of the 4th – 5th century AD, a stone spherical projectile and seven bronze coins, the latest one minted by Zeno. Five rooms were discovered in the second building. Their walls were plastered with mortar. The finds comprised sherds, fragments from glass vessels and 53 bronze coins minted from Constantine the Great to Justin II. Traces from fire were documented. Two rooms were discovered in the third building, constructed in rubble masonry. During the second construction period, the upper part of their walls was built of sun-dried bricks. Traces from fire were documented. The finds comprised sherds of the 4th – 5th centuries AD, fragments from glass vessels, a bronze fibula, a scramasax, six bronze coins of the 4th – beginning of the 5th centuries AD and a hoard of 73 bronze coins: the earliest ones were folles of Licinius I minted in AD 313 – 317 and the latest coin was minted by Arcadius in AD 402 – 408. A room with a staircase was discovered close to the southwestern corner fortification tower. The finds comprised sherds from amphorae of AD 400 – 450, four coins (including a follis of AD 498 – 527) and a hoard of 29 bronze coins of the end of the 4th – first half of the 5th centuries AD, the latest ones minted by Theodosius II in AD 425 – 450.