A Scottish or Scots acre (Scottish Gaelic: acair) was a land measurement used in Scotland. It was standardised in 1661. When the Weights and Measures...
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acres). Scottish acre = 1.3 Imperial acres (5,080 m2, an obsolete Scottish measurement) Irish acre = 7,840 square yards (6,560 m2) Cheshire acre = 10,240...
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Joan of Acre (April 1272 – 23 April 1307) was an English princess, a daughter of Edward I of England and Eleanor of Castile. The name "Acre" derives from...
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small size. Some 94 Scottish islands are permanently inhabited, of which 89 are offshore islands. Between 2001 and 2011, Scottish island populations as...
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Anders Holch Povlsen (section Scotland)
wealthiest person in Scotland. In 2018/2019 it was reported that Povlsen owns 221,000 acres (890 km2; 345 sq mi) of land in Scotland, making him its largest...
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Oxgang (category Articles containing Scottish Gaelic-language text)
as a "bovater" or "oxganger". Obsolete Scottish units of measurement In the East of Scotland: Rood Scottish acre = 4 roods Oxgang (Damh-imir) = the area...
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2007, upon purchasing a 10,000-acre (4,000 ha) estate with hunting lodge in Scotland, his parents acquired the Scottish courtesy titles of Laird and Lady...
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Rod (unit) (redirect from Rood (Scottish unit))
distances in his work, Walden. In traditional Scottish units, a Scottish rood (ruid in Lowland Scots, ròd in Scottish Gaelic), also fall measures 222 inches...
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owns the resort Eden Rock, St Barths, and is also laird of a 10,000-acre Scottish estate, Glen Affric. James' mother is Zimbabwean-born artist Jane Matthews...
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Inveraray Castle (category Pages with Scottish Gaelic IPA)
invə-REHREH; Scottish Gaelic Caisteal Inbhir Aora [ˈkʰaʃtʲəl̪ˠ iɲɪɾʲˈɯːɾə]) is a country house near Inveraray in the county of Argyll, in western Scotland, on...
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