PRESLAV (Snezhana Goryanova – sgoryanova@gmail.com, Margarita Vaklinova) The excavations continued in the so-called farm yard, situated to the north of the Throne Room and the building with three rooms. The exploration of the dugout of the 11th – 12th centuries was completed; it was located over the debris of the surrounding stone wall of the farm yard. Five pits were discovered: three containing limestone ashlars and architectural fragments, and two containing sherds of the 11th – 14th centuries. Pit No. 1 was probably related to the dugout and contained a decorated horn handle and a lead seal, probably belonging to “Manuel, (who is) Anthypatos and Patrikios”. Five places for stirring mortar were discovered. A street was excavated, 1.50 m wide and paved with stone slabs, leading towards the supposed entrance of the Aule of Preslav, documented in the southern part of the Inner Fortification. The water supply system had several phases of building and reconstruction. Five of the water-conduits were connected to a distributing shaft built of ashlars. The explorations in the northern antechamber of the Western Palace showed that the foundation of its western wall was c. 1 m deep, built of small ashlars.