Cultural Resources Survey of the Cobbham Rd Telecommunication Project, Appling, Columbia County, Georgia Trileaf Project #690789

In January 2022, Trileaf Corporation (Trileaf) performed a cultural resource inventory survey for a proposed self-support lattice communications tower located in Columbia County, Appling, Georgia Latitude: 33° 34’ 13.64” N, Longitude: 82° 25’ 42.91” W. The project location is located within a grassed and treed pasture.

Tillman Infrastructure LLC proposes to construct a 250-foot Self-Support Communications Tower, with an overall height of 275 feet and associated equipment within a 100-foot by 100-foot (10,000-square-foot) lease area. The project includes an access/utility easement, measuring 20 feet wide, extending approximately 278 feet northwest away from the lease area towards Cobbham Road. The proposed access/utility easement and proposed tower compound lease area are located within a grass field.

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 relative to those resources.