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BOVATE - An oxgang or bovate (Old English: oxangang; Danish: oxgang; Scottish Gaelic: damh-imir; Medieval Latin: bovta) is an old land measurement formerly us...

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Historical word for an oxgang

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Apr 14 2013 The Telegraph - General Knowledge

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an oxgang

Bovate description
An oxgang or bovate (Old English: oxangang; Danish: oxgang; Scottish Gaelic: damh-imir; Medieval Latin: bovta) is an old land measurement formerly used in Scotland and England as early as the 16th century sometimes referred to as an oxgait. It averaged around 20 English acres, but was based on land fertility and cultivation, and so could be as low as 15.An oxgang is also known as a bovate, from bovta, a Medieval Latinisation of the word, derived from the Latin bs, meaning "ox, bullock or cow". Oxen, through the Scottish Gaelic word damh or dabh, also provided the root of the land measurement 'daugh'. * Skene in Celtic Scotland says:* "in the eastern district there is a uniform system of land denomination consisting of 'dabhachs', 'ploughgates' and 'oxgangs', each 'dabhach' consisting of four 'ploughgates' and each 'ploughgate' containing eight 'oxgangs'."As soon as we cross the great chain of mountains [the Grampian Mountains] separating the eastern from the western waters, we find a dif

Bovate description

An oxgang or bovate (Old English: oxangang; Danish: oxgang; Scottish Gaelic: damh-imir; Medieval Latin: bovta) is an old land measurement formerly used in Scotland and England as early as the 16th century sometimes referred to as an oxgait. It averaged around 20 English acres, but was based on land fertility and cultivation, and so could be as low as 15.An oxgang is also known as a bovate, from bovta, a Medieval Latinisation of the word, derived from the Latin bs, meaning "ox, bullock or cow". Oxen, through the Scottish Gaelic word damh or dabh, also provided the root of the land measurement 'daugh'.
* Skene in Celtic Scotland says:* "in the eastern district there is a uniform system of land denomination consisting of 'dabhachs', 'ploughgates' and 'oxgangs', each 'dabhach' consisting of four 'ploughgates' and each 'ploughgate' containing eight 'oxgangs'."As soon as we cross the great chain of mountains [the Grampian Mountains] separating the eastern from the western waters, we find a dif

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