TARNOVO (Konstantin Totev – konstantin_totev@abv.bg, Plamen Karailiev, Evgeni Dermendzhiev) The explorations continued to the south of the Mediaeval church that was transformed into a bath during the Ottoman period and to the east of the western fortification wall of the Early Byzantine fortress. The southern Mediaeval fortification wall was documented, with a postern with staircase leading towards the Tsarevets Fortress. Places for stirring mortar, midden pits and debris from sunken-floored workshops or houses of the end of the 14th century were discovered. A sondage was carried out in Trenches XXXVII-9 and XXXVII-8. The lowest stratum of the 6th – beginning of the 7th centuries AD was related to the Early Byzantine fortress. Early Byzantine and Thracian sherds of the 1st millennium BC were found. The upper strata dated to the 13th – 14th centuries, end of the 14th – 15th centuries and 16th – 17th centuries. During the excavations, a sherd from a sgraffito ceramic vessel was found with Cyrillic inscription, featuring the name of Hilarion, the Bishop of Maglen, whose holy relics were kept in the neighboring St. 40 Martyrs Church.