ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXCAVATIONS IN PLISKA (Stoyan Vitlyanov – stoyan@shu-bg.net, Konstantin Konstantinov) The explorations of Site No. 41 in the northwestern part of the Outer Town of Pliska began in 1982. The results show the existence of an architectural complex of the 10th – 11th centuries AD. The excavations continued to the north and northeast of the pavement situated in the center of the complex and discovered in 2006. Fragmentary bricks, tegulae, imbrices, sherds and iron nails were found. The extension of the pavement in the eastern direction was discovered. The extension is northwest – southeast oriented and is 12.10 m in length and 1.20 – 1.40 m in width. There is a curb stone, 9 cm in width and 10 m in height, from the southern side of the pavement. The pavement branched out in northern direction at 2.30 m in length. Fragments of a marble stele with a partly preserved Greek inscription of the 5th – 6th centuries AD was reused in the branching of the pavement. The preserved inscription reads: ΦΡΑΓΙСЄΝΤΙΜΠΑ. Room F was discovered. The construction was built of uneven stones bonded with mud. The southern wall is built of uneven stones and is 4.64 m in length and 27 cm in width, and the western wall is 4.28 m in length and 27 cm in width. The room was covered with tegulae and imbrices. An ellipsoid stirrer for mortar, measuring 1.10 m by 2.20 m, was discovered. It is surrounded by curb stone. The finds from the excavations include sherds of the 10th – 11th centuries AD, iron craft tools, a lead ingot, part of a bronze cross, a bronze appliqué, an iron arrowhead, etc. The explorations confirmed that the central part of Site No. 41 was a square with pavement. The pavement and its extensions most probably connected the buildings in the central part of the complex with the parallel buildings arranged in a line and situated in the periphery.