URVICH FORTRESS (Violina Kiryakova – v.kirqkova@abv.bg, Philip Petrunov) The explorations of the Late Mediaeval Monastery St. Elias continued. Fragments from frescoes were discovered close to the southern side of the church. A grave built of stone slabs and reused building ceramics was excavated. In addition, 58 fragments from roof-tiles with the Greek letter ѱ incised before firing and over 1100 fragments from frescoes were found close to the church. Dozens of iron nails and clamps and sherds of the 15th – 17th centuries were discovered to the south and beneath the wall of the monastery. Probably, a farm built of timber existed at the foot of the monastery. A building that functioned until the 17th century was discovered close to the tower on the Mediaeval fortification wall. The walls of the building were 50 cm wide, constructed in rubble masonry. Several kilograms of metal slag, chisels and awls were found. Probably, the building was also used as a metallurgical workshop.