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
- 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:
- Markland (Marg-fhearann) = 8 Ouncelands (varied)
- Ounceland (Tir-unga) =20 Pennylands
- Pennyland (Peighinn) = basic unit; sub-divided into half penny-land and farthing-land
- (Other terms in use; Quarterland (Ceathramh): variable value; Groatland (Còta bàn)
- In the East Highlands:
References
- This article incorporates text from Dwelly's [Scottish] Gaelic Dictionary (1911).
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