EXPLORATIONS NEAR THE VILLAGE OF VALCHE POLE (Hristo Popov – popovhristo@yahoo.co.uk, Stanislav Iliev) House No. 3 of the Late Bronze Age (1600/1500 – 1100 BC) was explored in Sector I. It has two rooms and measures 6.20 m by 3.50 m. A hearth was discovered in the eastern room and a millstone was found in the western room. Fragmentary wattle-and-daub with posts that were 8 – 10 cm in diameter was found. The foundation of the wall is built of stones. The posts were placed between the stones, situated at 30 – 40 cm distance from each other. A building of the Roman period was discovered to the east of Sector I. Its foundation is constructed of stones, while the clamps, the wedges and the nails that were found testify to a timber construction. Surrounding walls, farming buildings and houses were discovered in Sector II. According to the coins, these constructions date from the end of the 2nd century AD until the AD 270s. The stratum of the 8th – 7th centuries BC is significant. The Thracian pottery has stamped decoration. Two hearths and a clay floor with postholes, 15 – 20 cm in diameter, were registered. Terracotta stamps for decoration of pottery were found on an area of 25 – 30 sq. m. Probably, a pottery workshop existed there. Two parallel walls constructed of stones bonded with mud, situated at 3.80 – 4 m distance from each other, were discovered under the clay floor. A hearth was explored. The pottery dates to the first phase of the Early Iron Age (11th – 9th centuries BC) and is decorated with cannelures, polishing and pricking. A mould for the casting of bronze axes, flint and stone tools, and a bone spearhead were found. Rectangular house No. 4 of the Late Bronze Age was explored. It has two rooms and measures 6.40 m by 3.80 m. A hearth and two millstones were discovered in the western room. The foundation of the house is constructed of stones bonded with mud. A terracotta spoon, flint scrapers, spindle whorls and pottery of the end of the Late Bronze Age were found. The western fortification wall in Sector III dates to the 8th – 7th centuries BC.