From the Irish Archeology Twitter account:
Early 19th century headstone in Kilbannon graveyard, Co Galway. It marks the burial spot of Daniel Byrne who died in 1811. He is described as an 'Ordnance Surveyor'.
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Cool. ?ÿBump.
This post was?ÿa "learn something new everyday" for me when I first read it.?ÿ Being from the west side of "the pond" I assumed an ordnance surveyor was military in nature and probably dealt with artillery.?ÿ After a bit of reading I learned the Ordnance Survey is now GB's mapping agency and still very much alive and active.
From a search: "The British Ordnance Survey, now a civilian agency, retains its name from its origin as a military topographic survey of Britain during the Napoleonic Wars."
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"Surveyor's grave"
Century 21 sign
(Grin)
From the recent POB articles about retracing footsteps in Himalayas, I started diving into some referenced books by Peter Hopkirk. There are really great stories about European and native surveyors challenging that terrain...with a little "international intrigue" added to the mix.