Environmental Corporation of America (ECA) has completed an Archaeological Assessment for the federal undertaking at the subject site. The subject site includes a propose 100-foot by 100-foot compound and approximately 400-foot by 20-foot proposed access as shown on Attachment 12b. Clearing and grading would be required for construction of the proposed telecommunications compound. Minor grading may be necessary for construction of the proposed access. The facility would include a 250-foot lattice-type telecommunications structure (260-foot with appurtenances) and associated ground level support equipment. The facility is located on a parent tract that is located southwest of the intersection of Mulberry Road and then Skinner Road. The address for the parent tract is 734 Mulberry Road, Winder, Barrow County, Georgia. However, the facility will be accessed from the parent tract off Than Skinner Road (see Attachment 12b).
This archaeological assessment was conducted in order to ascertain whether the proposed undertaking, on the project site, might directly or indirectly affect cultural resources, if any such resources exist. Through our review of available cultural records and databases two recorded archaeological sites, 9BW79 and 9BW80, were identified within a ¾ -mile search radius.
Archaeological Sites 9BW79 and 9BW80 are both historic mill sites. No mention was made of the likely time period in which these sites were originally built and no determination of National Register eligibility was made for either of these sites. Archaeological Site 9BW79, located approximately 1,800 feet south of this proposed project site, consists of an earthen dam and a stone dam. Archaeological Site 9BW80, located approximately 2,500 southwest of this proposed project site, consists of the remains of a stone foundation, an earthen dam, a stone wall, millpond sediment, and three drill holes that were located in a granite outcropping in the stream channel.
Due to distance, topography, and intervening vegetation, the proposed facility would have no effect on Archaeological Sites 9BW79 and 9BW80. Additionally, no archaeological cultural resources were encountered by ECA during the course of the Phase I intensive field survey portion of this archaeological assessment.
We conclude that the proposed undertaking would have no affect on any historic or prehistoric archaeological resources that are listed in or eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. Therefore, for archaeological cultural resources, we recommend a finding of No Effect for the proposed undertaking.
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