ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXPLORATIONS IN PRESLAV (Georgi Maistorski – gmaistorski@yahoo.co.uk, Plamen Slavov) The explorations were concentrated in the northeastern sector of the outer fortification wall of Preslav. A section of the wall, 16 m long, was discovered in Sector Northeast. The wall was 2.75 – 3 m wide. The wooden posts under the foundations of the wall are over 1 m long, up to 10 cm in diameter and their density is up to 23 items per sq. m. Animal bones, charcoal and pottery of the end of the 9th – 10th centuries were found. Christian grave No. 5 was discovered in trench A1. The grave is situated within the mortar level and measures 1.30 m by 0.55 m and is 60 cm deep. A child, 6 – 7 years old, was buried in the grave. Sections of the fortification wall and drains were discovered in Sondages Nos. 11, 12 and 13. The finds from the archaeological excavations include two anonymous Byzantine folles, a copper pendant, two iron wedges, a small knife, an arrowhead, a bone awl and a millstone.