Quarterland
A Quarterland or Ceathramh was a Scottish land measurement. It was used mainly in the west and north.
It was supposed to be equivalent to eight fourpennylands, roughly equivalent to a quarter of a markland. However, in Islay, a quarterland was equivalent to a quarter of an ounceland. Half of a quarterland would be an ochdamh, and in Islay a quarter of a quarterland a leothras.
The name appears in many Scottish placenames, notably Kirriemuir.
- Kerrowaird – Ceathramh àrd
- Kerrowgair – Ceathramh geàrr
- Kerry - An Ceathramh Còmh’lach
- Kerrycroy - An Ceathramh cruaidh
- Kirriemuir – An Ceathramh Mòr/Ceathramh Mhoire
Ceathramh was also used in Gàidhlig for a bushel and a firlot, as was Feòirling, the term used for a farthlingland.The Isle of Man retained a similar system into historic times: in the traditional land divisions of treens which are in turn subdivided into smaller units called quarterlands.
