Units of area | Obsolete Scottish units of measurement

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). (Wikipedia).

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