ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXCAVATIONS NEAR THE VILLAGE OF SINEMORETS (Daniela Agre – daniela.agre@abv.bg, Deyan Dichev) An area of 150 sq. m was explored. Materials from the Hellenistic and the Ottoman periods were found. The foundations of a building with two rooms from the 18th – 19th centuries were discovered in four trenches. Sherds, animal bones, two silver Ottoman akçes, a small iron knife and part of a bone whistle were found. Structures from the Hellenistic period were explored in four trenches. A stone wall with two faces, which is an extension of the wall excavated in 2007, was discovered. Fragmentary tegulae and imbrices were found, as well as a sunken dolium. The Hellenistic walls belong to a tower, which is situated in front of the fortification wall. The tower measures 6.70 m by 5.75 m. The wall is 1.10 m wide, and has two faces with a core structure of uneven stones and a bonding medium of mud. The entrance of the tower is situated on its northern wall. Probably, the tower had two or more levels and the floors were constructed of wooden beams plastered with clay. The roofing of the tower presumably was covered with tegulae and imbrices. The construction of the 1.40 m wide fortification wall was identical. Sherds from amphorae (mostly from Kos and Thasos), dolia, kraters, a pelike, a lekythos, jugs, bowls, dishes, unguentaria, etc. were found. The site was a Hellenistic tyrsis that functioned from the mid 3rd century BC onwards.