Groatland

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)

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