TARNOVO (Konstantin Totev – konstantin_totev@abv.bg, Plamen Karailiev, Evgeni Dermendzhiev) The explorations continued to the south of the St. 40 Martyrs Church, to the south of the church that was converted into baths and to the east of the western fortification wall of the Early Byzantine fortification. During the excavations, 18 coins were found. The explorations of the Eastern Profile from the church to the southern end of the Early Byzantine fortification revealed that the lowest stratum of the 6th – 7th centuries AD was related to the construction and functioning of the Early Byzantine fortification. The different strata from the end of the 11th to the 17th centuries could be relatively clearly identified. Midden pits, sunken-floored houses, the church that was converted into baths and a Christian cemetery were situated in these strata. A structure of a building that accommodated the metallurgical furnace of 1400 – 1450 was documented. The baths dated to 1400 – 1525. Finds probably related to an unknown church (decorative terracotta appliqués of façade, tesserae of mosaics and a small liturgical spoon) were discovered in trenches 37-3 and 38-1.