ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXPLORATIONS IN PRESLAV (Georgi Maistorski – gmaistorski@gmail.com, Plamen Slavov) Part of the northern fortification wall of the Outer Town of Preslav was explored. Only its foundation, 2.70 m wide, was preserved. Bulgarian pottery of the 9th – 10th centuries was found. The northeastern corner of the fortification wall was documented. Its foundation was constructed of subsequent layers of pebbles and trampled clay and was 2.20 m wide and up to 80 cm deep. Two postholes of wooden posts, 35 cm in diameter, two adjacent foundation trenches and a mortar layer were discovered close to the fortification wall. An iron horseshoe was found. Sherds of the 9th – 10th centuries, bones and charcoal were found in sondage 19. A semi-dug sunken-floored house with an oven, situated outside the fortress, was documented. The fortification wall and bastion No. 3 were discovered in sondage 20. Only the foundation of the fortification wall, 2.90 m wide, was preserved and the bastion was 8 m long and 3 – 3.10 m wide. The foundation was constructed of subsequent layers of pebbles and trampled clay with driven round or square wooden posts, c. 10 cm in cross-section, with a density of 25 – 30 posts per sq. m. Four ashlars of the wall of the bastion were preserved. A midden pit, containing sherds and an iron axe, was discovered. Bastion No. 3 is situated at 120 m from the northeastern corner of the fortification wall of the Outer Town.