Acre (Scots)
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A Scottish acre (Scottish Gaelic: acair) was a land measurement used in the country. It was standardised in 1661. English acres were imposed in 1824 by an Act of Parliament, and the metric system is also used in Scotland.
Equivalent to -
- Scottish measures
- 4 roods
- Metric system
- 5,080 square metres , 0.508 hectares
- Imperial system
- 1.3 acres (English)
[edit] See also
- Acre
- Obsolete Scottish units of measurement
- In the East Highlands:
- Rood
- Scottish acre = 4 roods
- Oxgang (Damh-imir) = the area an ox could plow in a year (around 20 acres)
- Ploughgate (?) = 8 oxgangs
- Daugh (Dabhach) = 4 ploughgates
- In the West Highlands:
- Groatland - (Còta bàn) = basic unit
- Pennyland (Peighinn) = 2 groatlands
- Quarterland (Ceathramh) = 4 pennylands (8 groatlands)
- Ounceland (Tir-unga) = 4 quarterlands (32 groatlands)
- Markland (Marg-fhearann) = 8 Ouncelands (varied)
- In the East Highlands:
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