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A '''Scottish acre''' ([[Scottish Gaelic]]: ''acair'') was a land measurement used in the country. It was standardised in 1661. English acres were imposed in 1824 by an Act of Parliament, and the [[metric system]] is also used in [[Scotland]].

A '''Scottish''' or '''Scots acre''' ({{Langx|gd|acair}}) was a [[land measurement]] used in [[Scotland]]. It was standardised in 1661. When the [[Weights and Measures Act 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]]..

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* [[Obsolete Scottish units of measurement|Scottish measures]]

** 4 [[rood (Scots)|roods]]

* [[Metric system]]

** 5,000080 [[square metre]]s <!-- 4 x 1270 [[square metre]]s -->, 0.5508 [[hectare]]s

* [[Imperial system]]

** 54,760 [[square feet]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Cardarelli |first1=François |title=Encyclopaedia of Scientific Units, Weights and Measures: Their Si Equivalences and Origins |date=2003 |publisher=Springer Science & Business Media |isbn=978-1-85233-682-0 |page=176 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6KCx8Ww75VkC&pg=PA176 |language=en}}</ref> This is approximately 1.257 [[acre]]s (English).

** 1.3 [[Acre]]s (English)

==See also==

* [[Acre]]

* [[Obsolete Scottish units of measurement|Scottish measures]]

* [[Daugh]]

** In the East [[Scottish Highlands|Highlands]]:

* [[Ounceland]]

*** [[OxgangRood (Scots)|Rood]]

*** Scottish acre = 4 roods

* [[Pennyland]]

*** [[Oxgang]] (''Damh-imir'') = the area an ox could plough in a year (around 20 acres)

* [[Rood (Scots)]]

*** [[Ploughgate]] (''?'') = 8 oxgangs

*** [[Davoch|Daugh]] (''Dabhach'') = 4 ploughgates

** In the West [[Scottish Highlands|Highlands]]:

*** [[Groatland]] - (''Còta bàn'') = basic unit

*** [[Pennyland]] (''Peighinn'') = 2 groatlands

*** [[Quarterland]] (''Ceathramh'') = 4 pennylands (8 groatlands)

*** [[Ounceland]] (''Tir-unga'') = 4 quarterlands (32 groatlands)

*** [[Markland (Scots)|Markland]] (''Marg-fhearann'') = 8 Ouncelands (varied)

==Notes==

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