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Title: dumb question
Post by: ginger james on June 20, 2010, 07:45:18
sorry but how big is a rod
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Post by: grannyjanny on June 20, 2010, 08:08:40
Googled it, 51/2 yards. How many have you got ;).
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Post by: Allotment-junkie on June 20, 2010, 08:12:27
just depends how big a fish u wanna catch  ;D ;D
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Post by: grannyjanny on June 20, 2010, 08:49:53
 ;D ;D ;D.
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Post by: cornykev on June 20, 2010, 10:36:29
Rod Stewart's about 5' 8 I think.  ;D ;D ;D     :P
Title: Re: dumb question
Post by: Chrispy on June 20, 2010, 11:39:42
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.
Title: Re: dumb question
Post by: Unwashed on June 20, 2010, 12:09:28
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.
Title: Re: dumb question
Post by: lincsyokel2 on June 20, 2010, 20:36:49
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).
Title: Re: dumb question
Post by: Unwashed on June 20, 2010, 22:18:41
Quote from: lincsyokel2 on June 20, 2010, 20:36:49
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.
Title: Re: dumb question
Post by: ginger james on June 20, 2010, 22:46:02
wow now that told me thanks every one