dumb question

[ginger james]

sorry but how big is a rod

[ginger james]

[grannyjanny]

Googled it, 51/2 yards. How many have you got ;).

[Allotment-junkie]

just depends how big a fish u wanna catch  ;D ;D

[grannyjanny]

 ;D ;D ;D.

[cornykev]

Rod Stewart's about 5' 8 I think.  ;D ;D ;D     :P

[Chrispy]

A square rod is a touch over 25 square meters, so if sombody says that have a 10 rod plot then there plot is just over 250 square meters or 2700 Sq ft.

[Unwashed]

A rod, pole, perch, and lug are all 5.5 yards square, which as Chrispy says, is near as makes no difference 25m².

There's also a rood, and that's a quarter of an acre or 40 rods.

[lincsyokel2]

A rod/pole/perch was the length of a ploughshare and horse and driver, from the tip of the horses nose to the trailing heel of the driver - 5.5 yards


Its also a measure of area - 5.5 x 5.5 yards  = 30.25 square yards. This is 1 Pole.

A standard size allotment is the amount of land reckoned to be needed to feed a family of four, ei 17 poles or 514 square yards.

There are, therefore, just under 8 standard allotments in an acre (4046.85 square yards).

[Unwashed]

A standard size allotment is the amount of land reckoned to be needed to feed a family of four, ei 17 poles or 514 square yards.

There are, therefore, just under 8 standard allotments in an acre (4046.85 square yards).

There are 160 poles to the acre, and that's 4840 sq yds.

An acre is a chain by a furlong, and there are four poles to the chain, and ten chains to the furlong.

[ginger james]

wow now that told me thanks every one