PRESLAV (Snezhana Goryanova – sgoryanova@gmail.com, Margarita Vaklinova) The excavations continued in the Western Sector situated to the north of the main palatial buildings and in the Eastern Sector situated to the north of the Royal Basilica. In the Western Sector, two pits were explored, one of them containing animal bones, sherds, snail shells, an anonymous Byzantine follis of Class B (AD 1030/1035 – 1042), two billon scyphates of Manuel I Komnenos minted in Constantinople, a copper scyphate of the mid 13th century minted in Thessalonica, an unstamped core of a lead seal. Water-conduits were documented; they supplied water for the shaft discovered in 2018. Another shaft was explored, 70 cm by 34 cm in size and 62 cm deep, built of small ashlars and covered with a stone slab. The shaft had an inlet terracotta pipe 13 cm in diameter and two outlet terracotta pipes 13 cm and 15 cm in diameter. A water distribution shaft with multiple terracotta shafts was cleaned; it was discovered in the mid 1960s and was situated close to the Small Palace. The water conduits were constructed before the northern parts of the Palatial Complex were built. Places for stirring mortar were discovered. In the Eastern Sector, the exploration of the horizontal construction of wooden beams continued. A building with an area of c. 20 sq. m was discovered and a copper scyphate of the mid 13th century minted in Thessalonica was found there.