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Excavation

  • Preslav - Outer Town Fortification Wall
  • Veliki Preslav
  • Preslav

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    • The Italian Database is the result of a collaboration between:

      MIBAC (Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali - Direzione Generale per i Beni Archeologici),

      ICCD (Istituto Centrale per il Catalogo e la Documentazione) and

      AIAC (Associazione Internazionale di Archeologia Classica).

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    Summary (English)

    • PRESLAV (Georgi Maistorski – gmaistorski@gmail.com, Plamen Slavov) The explorations of the gate on the Eastern Fortification Wall of the Outer Town continued. It was situated in the middle of the fortification wall, at 120 m to the north of Tower No. 2 and at 360 m to the south of the northeastern corner tower. The passage of the gate was paved with boulders and traces from cart track, 1.20 m wide, were documented. A small stream run diagonally through the passage of the gate, bridged with timber beams. A place for stirring mortar was discovered. The gate was 3.10 m wide with a passage 8.40 m long. It was closed with a two-winged wooden door faced with iron plates.

    • Georgi Maistorski - Regional Museum of History – Shumen 
    • Plamen Slavov - Archaeological Museum Veliki Preslav 

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    • Archaeological Museum Veliki Preslav
    • Regional Museum of History – Shumen

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