Acre (Irish)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

An Irish acre is a unit of area historically used in Ireland, Yorkshire, and regions bordering the Solway Firth.[1]

One Irish acre is equal to 196⁄121 acre, 7840 square yards, or 70560 square feet.

The difference between the Irish acre and the statute acre arises from the fact that the Irish mile is 14⁄11 miles. Whereas a one-acre area ten times as long as wide would have dimensions of 66 feet × 660 feet, the Irish acre of that shape would have dimensions of 84 feet × 840 feet.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Frederic Seebohm. Customary Acres and their Historical Importance. London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1914. Referenced at [1].

[edit] External links

 This standards- or measurement-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.