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).

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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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This article incorporates text from "Dwelly's [Scottish] Gaelic Dictionary" (1911).

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