EXPLORATIONS IN DUROSTORUM – DRASTAR – SILISTRA (Stefka Angelova, Rumyana Koleva – rukoleva@mail.orbitel.bg, Boyan Dumanov, Chavdar Kirilov, Vladimir Penchev) A stratum of the 15th – 17th centuries was excavated to the south of the basilica. The wall of room No. 7 was reached. House No. 1/2004 of the 14th century, with size 5.20 m by 6.20 m and 60 – 80 cm width of the wall, was thoroughly explored. An oven is located in its northwestern corner. A stratum, 1.20 – 1.30 m in thickness, was explored in trenches Е9/D9. The basements that join the façades of rooms Nos. 6 and 7 of the building were discovered. The stratigraphic position of kiln No. 3 is in the second half of the 13th century. The stratum contains fragmentary building terracottas, animal bones, items of ceramic, metal, bone and glass, iron mill-bars, iron tools and coins of the 12th – 13th centuries. House No. 1/2005 was discovered in trenches D9/Е9. The length of the eastern wall is 3.80 m and its width is 80 cm. A coin dated to the period 1200 – 1230 was found. A burnt layer and two coins (of the first decade of the 13th century and of Manuel I Comnenos) were found below the house. House No. 2/2005 has two rooms measuring 3.64 m by 2.44 m. The width of the wall is 30 – 40 cm. A coin of the first half of the 13th century was incorporated into the wall. A coin minted by Alexios I Comnenos was found below the wall of the house. Nine pits for garbage collection, containing pottery, animal bones, fish scales, iron pieces and small finds, were excavated. The pits are dated by coins minted from the reign of Manuel I Comnenos to the period 1230 – 1260. Grave No. 467 of the cemetery of the basilica was explored in trench E10. It contains the remains of two persons and dates after the end of the 13th century.