A Scottish or Scots acre () was a
land measurement used in
Scotland. It was standardised in 1661. When the
Weights and Measures Act
A weights and measures act is a kind of legislative act found in many jurisdictions establishing technical standards for weights and measures.
Notable acts of this type include:
* Various Weights and Measures Acts (UK) or the various legislat ...
of 1824 was implemented the English System was standardised into the
Imperial System and Imperial acres were imposed throughout the United Kingdom, including in Scotland and indeed throughout the
British Empire from that point on. However, since then the
metric system has come to be used in
Scotland, as in the rest of the
United Kingdom..
Equivalent to -
*
Scottish measures
** 4
roods
*
Metric system
** 5,080
square metre
The square metre ( international spelling as used by the International Bureau of Weights and Measures) or square meter (American spelling) is the unit of area in the International System of Units (SI) with symbol m2. It is the area of a square w ...
s , 0.508
hectares
*
Imperial system
** 1.3
acre
The acre is a unit of land area used in the imperial
Imperial is that which relates to an empire, emperor, or imperialism.
Imperial or The Imperial may also refer to:
Places
United States
* Imperial, California
* Imperial, Missouri
* Imp ...
s (English)
See also
*
Acre
The acre is a unit of land area used in the imperial
Imperial is that which relates to an empire, emperor, or imperialism.
Imperial or The Imperial may also refer to:
Places
United States
* Imperial, California
* Imperial, Missouri
* Imp ...
*
Obsolete Scottish units of measurement
** In the East
Highlands:
***
Rood
*** Scottish acre = 4 roods
***
Oxgang (''Damh-imir'') = the area an ox could plough in a year (around 20 acres)
***
Ploughgate (''?'') = 8 oxgangs
***
Daugh
The davoch, davach or daugh is an ancient Scottish land measurement. All of these terms are cognate with modern Scottish Gaelic '' dabhach''. The word ''dabh'' or ''damh'' means an " ox" (cf. oxgang, ''damh-imir''), but ''dabhach'' can also ref ...
(''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)
Obsolete Scottish units of measurement
Units of area
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