This report details the results of a Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) survey by the LAMAR Institute at Fort Hollingsworth, Georgia. Fort Hollingsworth, or the White homestead, 2307 Wynn Lake Road, Alto, Georgia, is a unique historical resource in northern Georgia and Banks County (Figure 1). Fort Hollingsworth was a late 18th-20th century fortified farmstead on the Georgia frontier. The historic building is currently listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Its associated archaeological site was recorded by Max White in the archaeological files in 1969 as site 9BA7 and that site designation is continued for this report (White 1969). No prior archaeological studies of the historic period resources have been undertaken at Fort Hollingsworth. The GPR survey was accomplished on November 9, 2012 by LAMAR Institute researcher Daniel Elliott with assistance from volunteer Gregory Beavers. Mr. Beavers also provided several useful photographs taken of the study area during the survey.
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