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scarecrow

Joined: 15 Dec 2004
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Location: Manchester, Up North

Posted: Mon Dec 20, 04 10:48 am Post subject: Land Measurements
I'm having trouble getting into my head the size of certain land measurements. After some research I'v come up with the following: 1 Rod/ pole / perch = 5ï¿½ yards 40 sq poles = 1 rood 4 roods = 1 acre 640 acres = 1 sq mile But can anyone help translate them into concepts I might understand. EG, the size of a football pitch.. Bigger than a breadbin etc

alison
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Joined: 29 Oct 2004
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Location: North Devon

Posted: Mon Dec 20, 04 12:34 pm Post subject:
An acre is 4046 square meters, so that would be abou the size of a football pitch, although I believe they are not all the same size!

Northern_Lad

Joined: 13 Dec 2004
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Posted: Mon Dec 20, 04 12:36 pm Post subject:
IIRC, a rod was the length of a stick used to control the oxen when plowing.

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Location: Essex

Posted: Mon Dec 20, 04 12:38 pm Post subject:
Some good ads here: Buyagift Activity Gifts Buy an acre of Moon for ï¿½19.95. Over 450 activity-based gifts www.buyagift.co.uk Acre of Moon - ï¿½17.95 Own an acre of land on the moon. The ideal Christmas gift. www.find-me-a-gift.co.uk Wonder if they're different locations or whether find-me-a-gift are just price busting

scarecrow

Joined: 15 Dec 2004
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Location: Manchester, Up North

Posted: Mon Dec 20, 04 12:46 pm Post subject:

Northern_Lad wrote:

IIRC, a rod was the length of a stick used to control the oxen when plowing.

A 5 1/2 yard stick, that must be harder to control than the oxen!!

Not sure who gave them the rights to sell the moon Tahir, but I can do you a knock down deal of ï¿½10 for an acre of Jupiter!!

scarecrow

Joined: 15 Dec 2004
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Location: Manchester, Up North

Posted: Mon Dec 20, 04 12:46 pm Post subject:

alison wrote:

An acre is 4046 square meters, so that would be abou the size of a football pitch, although I believe they are not all the same size!

What, acres or football pitches!

scarecrow

Joined: 15 Dec 2004
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Location: Manchester, Up North

Posted: Mon Dec 20, 04 1:45 pm Post subject:
How big is a Hectare?

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Location: Essex

Posted: Mon Dec 20, 04 2:16 pm Post subject:
Roughly 2.5 acres

Lloyd

Joined: 24 Jan 2005
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Posted: Tue Feb 08, 05 9:45 pm Post subject:
Q: Why are women so lousy at parking? A: Coz they're always being told a hand span is 12 inches!

Lloyd

Joined: 24 Jan 2005
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Posted: Tue Feb 15, 05 7:16 pm Post subject:
So what is the length of one side of a square acre in yards, anyone?

dougal

Joined: 15 Jan 2005
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Location: South Kent

Posted: Tue Feb 15, 05 7:39 pm Post subject:
A square about 69 yards on each side should be an acre. An Acre is 10 square chains. So a square of side root10 chains is what we are after. A chain is 22 yards (a cricket pitch is 1 chain between wickets). So, about 69 yards? Are perches used today anywhere other than allotments? I presume the acre came from 1 chain x 10 chains and strip farming...

Lloyd

Joined: 24 Jan 2005
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Posted: Tue Feb 15, 05 8:05 pm Post subject:
Thanks!

judyofthewoods

Joined: 29 Jan 2005
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Location: Pembrokeshire

Posted: Tue Feb 15, 05 8:42 pm Post subject:
Or put another way, if an acre is 4046 sq meters, then the root is 63.6 meters, aprox. 69.9 yards.

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