SAVANNAH, Ga. (WSAV) — The City of Savannah has received the final report from The LAMAR Institute following a Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) survey conducted at Whitefield Square in Dec. 2025.
Ground Penetrating Radar is an archaeological investigative technique that uses radar pulses to detect subsurface anomalies without disturbing the ground.
The survey was done ahead of the installation of a historical marker recognizing the square as the site of a burial ground known historically as the “Negro Burial Ground,” which was in use from approximately 1763 to 1844…