Groatland

Agroatland,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 EastHighlands:
    • 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 WestHighlands:
    • Markland(Marg-fhearann) = 8 Ouncelands (varied)
    • Ounceland(Tir-unga) =20 Pennylands
    • Pennyland(Peighinn) = basic unit; sub-divided intohalf penny-land andfarthing-land
    • (Other terms in use;Quarterland(Ceathramh): variable value; Groatland (Còta bàn)

References

• This article incorporates text fromDwelly's[Scottish] Gaelic Dictionary(1911).