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Scotland led to
ploughgates of
varying sizes,
although the area was
notionally understood as 100
Scots acres. Many
sources say that four
ploughgates made up a...
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consisting of 'dabhachs', '
ploughgates' and 'oxgangs', each 'dabhach'
consisting of four '
ploughgates' and each '
ploughgate'
containing eight 'oxgangs'...
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reckoned the
davoch to be “either one or four
ploughgates,
according to
locality and land”. A
ploughgate contains about 100
Scots acres (5.3 km2). Watson...
- an ox
could plough in a year (around 20 acres)
Ploughgate (?) = 8
oxgangs Daugh (Dabhach) = 4
ploughgates In the West Highlands:
Groatland - (Còta bàn)...
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consisting of 'dabhachs', '
ploughgates' and 'oxgangs', each 'dabhach'
consisting of four '
ploughgates' and each '
ploughgate'
containing eight 'oxgangs'...
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western waters, we find a
different system equally uniform. The ‘
ploughgates’ and ‘oxgangs’ disappear, and in
their place we find ‘dabhachs’ and ‘pennylands’...
- an ox
could plow in a year (around 20 acres)
Ploughgate (?) = 8
oxgangs Daugh (Dabhach) = 4
ploughgates In the West Highlands:
Markland (Marg-fhearann)...
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consisting of 'dabhachs', '
ploughgates' and 'oxgangs', each 'dabhach'
consisting of four '
ploughgates' and each '
ploughgate'
containing eight 'oxgangs'...
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could plough in a year (around 20 acres).
ploughgate (plougate) 8
oxgangs davoch (dabhach, or dauch) 4
ploughgates In
western Scotland,
including Galloway:...
- an ox
could plow in a year (around 20 acres)
Ploughgate (?) = 8
oxgangs Daugh (Dabhach) = 4
ploughgates In the West Highlands:
Markland (Marg-fhearann)...
