Ounceland
An ounceland is a traditional Scottish land measurement. It was found in the West Highlands, and Hebrides. In Eastern Scotland, other measuring systems were used instead. It was equivalent to 20 pennylands or one eighth of a markland. Like those measurements, it is based on the rent paid, rather than the actual land area. It was also known as a "tirung", or a dabhach, which is a term of Pictish origin, also used in the east of Scotland too, but for a different measurement. The “ounceland” is thought to be of Norse origin, so it is possible that Norse and native systems were conflated in the west.Quotes
in Celtic Scotland says:
The Rev. Dr Campbell of Broadford on the island of Skye said:Other uses
The term unga/uinge is also used for an ingot.
