On April 11-13 2005, staff archaeologists from the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) conducted a series of ground penetrating radar (GPR) assessments of selected areas within Fort Frederica National Monument, in Glynn County, Georgia. This work was accomplished as part of an ongoing cooperative relationship between GDOT and the National Park Service (NPS). The primary focus of this work was to identify the location of a bomb magazine that was reported to have exploded in 1744. The bulk of our work was spent in the northwest area of the original fort near the bastion and soldiers' barracks. Because of favorable weather and extra time, we also investigated the Hird House lot, which was excavated in the 1970s, and the cemetery close to the visitor's center. Results of the survey are excellent, with the identification of numerous high visibility targets. Verification of the sub-surface targets will need to come from future archaeological work and ground truthing excavations.
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