EXPLORATIONS IN PAUTALIA – VELBAZHD – KYUSTENDIL (Doichin Grozdanov – doichyn_eg@abv.bg, Galina Grozdanova) The site covered an area of 1000 sq. m. Foundations of two houses and a fence wall of the Revival period were discovered. Christian grave No. 1, oriented east – west, was explored. The grave is a chamber built of reused Late Antique bricks. The deceased was rested on his back. The burial probably dates to the 10th century AD. A house of the 11th – 12th centuries was documented. The northern part of Late Antique Building I was explored. Its southern part was explored in 1997. The building measured 13.60 m by 9.15 m. Its walls were constructed of uneven stones bonded with mortar. The building dates from the middle of the 3rd to the middle of the 5th century AD. Judging from numismatic and stratigraphic evidence, the building had two construction periods divided by the end of the 4th century AD. Walls of rooms of the 4th century AD were discovered to the east of Building I. A hoard of 63 bronze coins minted from Constantine I to Valentinian II was found. A fence wall and a water-conduit of the 4th century AD were discovered. A building, situated extra muros and 15 m by 9.50 m in size, was discovered. Judging from the coins, the building dates to the 4th – first half of the 5th centuries AD and had three construction periods. Remains of rooms dated to the 3rd century AD, according to numismatic evidence, were discovered. The northern fortification wall of Pautalia with tower 7C was discovered at 22.30 m in length. The wall was built during the reign of Marcus Aurelius. It was constructed in opus quadratum of two rows of ashlars with drafted margins, bonded with iron clamps. A course built in opus vittatum mixtum is situated above. The fortification wall was preserved up to 2.30 m in height. Two pilasters, 3.50 m by 2.30 m in size and incorporated into the inner side of the fortification wall, were discovered.