PRESLAV (Georgi Maistorski – gmaistorski@gmail.com, Plamen Slavov) The explorations of the gate on the Eastern Fortification Wall continued. It was situated at 120 m to the north of Tower No. 2. The gate was 10 m wide. The southern side of the gate passage was explored. The passage was 3.10 m wide and 8.40 m long. The foundation of its southern side was 3.40 m wide with wooden posts driven into the ground beneath the mortar plaster under the construction. A Bulgarian copper imitative scyphate minted in Tarnovo in 1207 – 1218 was found. Three kilns for producing lime were documented. Proto-Bulgarian sherds of the 10th – beginning of the 11th century were found under one of the kilns. Three ashlars were discovered and a Bulgarian copper imitative coin minted in Tarnovo in 1200 – 1204 was found. A pavement of stones and rubble of the middle of the 13th century was explored.