In October 2019, Trileaf Corporation (Trileaf) performed a cultural resource inventory survey for a proposed self-support lattice tower telecommunication facility located in Whitfield County, Tunnel Hill, Georgia (Latitude: 34° 52’ 7.470” N Longitude: 85° 00’ 22.351” W). The project location is located within a grassed area with the proposed access and utility easement located within an existing graded dirt and gravel drive. Verizon Wireless proposes the construction of a new self-support lattice cell tower with a total height of 250 feet (76.2 meters). The new tower and associated equipment will be situated within a proposed approximate 100 x 100-foot (30.5 x 30.5 meter) cell tower lease area. A proposed approximate 30 x 1,300-foot (9.1 x 396.2 meter) access and utility easement will travel generally southeast to connect to New Hope Church Road. Total acreage of the new construction area is approximately 1.13 acres (0.50 Hectares). Senior Project Archaeologist Zach Horne, M.A., RPA, 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.
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