A groatland, also known as a fourpenceland, fourpennyland or “Còta bàn” (meaning "white coat") was a Scottish land measurement. It was so called, because the annual rent paid on it was a Scottish “
groat” (coin).
See also
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Obsolete Scottish units of measurement
** In the East
Highlands:
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Rood
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Scottish acre = 4 roods
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Oxgang
An oxgang or bovate (; ; ; ) is an old land measurement formerly used in Scotland and England as early as the 16th century sometimes referred to as an oxgait. It averaged around 20 English acres, but was based on land fertility and cultivation, a ...
(''Damh-imir'') = the area an ox could plow in a year (around 20 acres)
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Ploughgate (''?'') = 8 oxgangs
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Daugh (''Dabhach'') = 4 ploughgates
** In the West
Highlands:
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Markland (''Marg-fhearann'') = 8 Ouncelands (varied)
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Ounceland (''Tir-unga'') =20 Pennylands
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Pennyland (''Peighinn'') = basic unit; sub-divided into
half penny-land and
farthing-land
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Quarterland (''Ceathramh''): variable value; Groatland (''Còta bàn'')
References
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Obsolete Scottish units of measurement
Units of area
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