CULTURAL RESOURCE SURVEY PROPOSED CELL TOWER SITE Trileaf # 640740 / “Blundale” Swainsboro, GA

In June 2018, Trileaf Corporation (Trileaf) performed a cultural resource inventory survey for a proposed raw land self-support tower site located at 8 Cordie Road, Swainsboro, Emanuel County, Georgia, at coordinates 32°44’56.710” N, 82°23’35.787” W. The proposed project lease area consists of a vacant lot, and a proposed access/utility easement currently occupied by a vacant lot and lawn.

Tillman Infrastructure proposes the construction of a new self-support cell tower with a total height of 285 feet (86.9 meters). The new tower and associated equipment will be located in a proposed approximate 100-foot by 100-foot (30.5-meter by 30.5-meter) cell tower lease area. A proposed approximate 30-foot by 466-foot (9.1-meter by 142.0-meter) access/utility easement will connect the proposed lease area to US Highway 1 to the southeast. The new tower will occupy approximately 0.55 acres (0.22 hectares) of land.

Under the direction of Trileaf, Staff Archaeologist Andrew Wright,MA, RPA performed this survey in response to the planned use of the above-described parcel and the potential impacts that such use might represent to archaeological and architectural cultural resources. The Phase I cultural resource survey was designed to discover all cultural resources that might be present within the project area.

Trileaf requested information concerning previously discovered archaeological sites within the direct APE and the ¾-mile APE for visual effects from Georgia Archaeological Site File (GASF). A records search indicated there were three previously recorded archaeological sites, (GASF #9EM90, 9EM91, 9EM111), and three previously recorded archaeological surveys (GASF #2348, 3732, 6474) located within the tower’s visual APE. Previously recorded archaeological sites 9EM90, 9EM91, 9EM111 consist of disturbed historic scatters associated with the former town of Blundale. All lack formal determinations of National

Register of Historic Places (NRHP) eligibility but were recommended ineligible by their recorders. No archaeological resources or surveys were identified within the APE for direct effects.

The field survey of the project area, which included a pedestrian survey, shovel testing, and visual inspection, found no evidence for the presence of archaeological or architectural properties in relation to the current project area or within a 30-foot (9.1-meter) boundary within the direct area of potential effects (APE).

A search of Georgia’s Natural, Archaeological, and Historic Resources Geographic Information System (GNAHRGIS) and the Georgia Historic Preservation Division (GAHPD)’s archives revealed no properties listed or eligible for listing on the NRHP within the APE for direct effects or the ¾ -mile APE for visual effects

In keeping with GAHPD’s request that structures lacking formal determinations of eligibility be evaluated in the field, Trileaf identified seven structures without formal determinations of eligibility within the visual APE: Georgia Historic Resource # EM-558, EM-559, EM-560, EM-562, and EM-564; GNAHRGIS ID# 26505 and 25610. Structure EM-558 was found to be demolished. EM-559, EM-560, and EM-562 are ruinous and thus lack the integrity necessary for inclusion on the NRHP. EM-564, 26505, and 25610 do not possess exceptional characteristics that would make them eligible for the NRHP. Further, as an existing guyed tower is visible from both structures, the construction of the proposed smaller tower would not have a meaningful impact on the integrity of setting for either structure.

Based on the results of this survey, Trileaf recommends a finding of No Historic Properties in both the direct and visual APE. It is recommended that project clearance be granted with no further investigation or evaluation of the project area.