In September 2021, Trileaf Corporation (Trileaf) performed a cultural resource inventory survey for a proposed self-support communications tower located in Putnam County, Eatonton, Georgia Latitude: 33° 12’ 6.00” N, Longitude: 83° 25’ 48.97” W. The project location is located within a wooded area.
Tillman Infrastructure proposes to construct a 257-foot self-support communications tower, with an overall height of 282 feet including all appurtenances, and associated equipment within a 100-foot by 100-foot (10,000-square-foot) lease area. The project includes a 30-foot-wide access/utility easement, which extends approximately 305 feet south then south-southwest from the lease area to Highway 212. The proposed project area is located within a wooded area.
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). However, nine (9) GNAHRGIS historical properties (100370, 100371, 100452, 100453, 100454, 100458, 100461, 403826, and 104538) were identified, with no prior determination of NRHP-eligibility, but included for inclusivity.
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.
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