In March 2021, Trileaf Corporation (Trileaf) performed a cultural resource inventory survey for a proposed self-support lattice communications tower located in Hancock County, Sparta, Georgia Latitude: 33° 23’ 05.264” N, Longitude: 82° 59’ 17.941” W. The project location is located within a grassed and treed pasture. Verizon Wireless proposes the construction of a new guyed cell tower with a total height of 315 feet (96.01 meters). The new tower and associated equipment will be situated within a 100 x 100-foot (30.48 x 30.48 meter) cell tower lease area. A total of three (3) guy-wire easements will extend 30 x 219-feet (9.14 x 66.75-meters) to the northeast, southwest, and southeast. A 30 x 298-foot (9.1 x 90.83 meter) access easement will travel south away from the lease area towards Davis Webb Road. Total acreage of the new construction area is approximately 0.89 acres (0.36 hectare). Project Archaeologist Colin Bean, M.A., under the direction of Trileaf, 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 prehistoric and historical period cultural resources that might be present within the project area. The field survey of the project area, which included a pedestrian survey, shovel testing, and visual inspection, yielded no evidence for the presence of archaeological or architectural properties within the Direct APE for the current project. Additionally, no NRHP-listed or eligible properties were identified within the proposed project’s Direct or Visual APE (0.75-mile radius). Based on these findings, Trileaf recommends No Historic Properties in both the APE-DE and the APE-VE. It is therefore recommended that project clearance be granted with no further investigation or evaluation of the project area.
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