This report presents the findings of a Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) survey by the LAMAR Institute on a previously unexplored portion of the Frederica site on St. Simons Island, Glynn County, Georgia (Figures 1-3). Frederica was constructed in 1736 as a British colonial fortified town. The site is located on a bluff fronting a bend in the Frederica River on the western (protected) side of the barrier island. The area was the scene of extensive archaeological excavations since the 1940s (most of which remains unreported or underreported). The present study was a GPR survey of a portion of Frederica’s Town Commons, which had not been the subject of any excavation project. The study area is situated between the town gate and west of the cemetery.
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