EXPLORATIONS NEAR THE VILLAGE OF GOLEMO BUCHINO (Kostadin Rabadzhiev – rabadjiev@gmail.com, Ivailo Lozanov) Building A with rectangular layout was explored in Sector A. The fragmentary burned lath-and-plaster shows the existence of walls with light construction above the stone plinth. A bronze coin of the 4th – 5th century AD, iron chisels, an adze and slag were found. Building B, measuring c. 5.50 m by 5.50 m, was explored in Sector II. Its walls are 60 – 70 cm in width and are constructed of dry-stone with uneven stones. The floor is of trampled earth and the roof was covered with tiles. Fragments of jars, iron clamps, nails, knives, chisels, a plane and two iron fibulae of the 4th century AD were found. According to the pottery, the building dates to the 4th – 6th centuries AD. Building В` was discovered in Sector II, at 4.50 m to the northeast of building B and parallel to it. A stone pavement was explored. Tegulae, fragmentary burned lath-and-plaster and terracotta loom weights were found. Building C was explored in Sector III. The walls are dry-stone with uneven stones and reused millstones and are 60 – 90 cm in width. The length of the preserved northern wall is c. 18 m. The width of the building in its western part is c. 6.90 m. Intact and fragmentary tobacco-pipes and fragmentary tableware of the second half of the 18th – 19th centuries were found. The contemporary building D was discovered to the southeast of building C. It has identical structure and preserved length of 10 – 11 m. A cultural layer was registered in Sector IV. According to the sherds, the layer dates to the second phase of the Early Iron Age (8th – 6th centuries BC).