How big is 7 rods

[Catseyes]

A friend was telling me the other day a family member has just taken on an allotment which is 7 rods. We were both wondering how big is that in feet...


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[veggiechicken]

A Rod is the same size as a Pole, which is the same size as a Perch Confused yet
This thread will confuse you even more http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...ole_77849.html

[Bren In Pots]

7 rods comes out at 115.5 feet :-

Convert 7 rod to feet - Conversion tables and calculators

[Thelma Sanders]

or 177.5 sq m.....

[Kristen]

7 rods comes out at 115.5 feet :-

Convert 7 rod to feet - Conversion tables and calculators

Mr Google will do that for you - and any other units, both normal and "Weird" - like Bakers Dozen

Just put

7 rods in feet =
7 rods in metres =

into Google - if you have predictive text then the answer will be there, without having to "submit" the query.

Speed of light in furlongs per fortnight =

(its 1.8026175e12 in case you were wondering )

[Martin H]

It's confusing because a rod is either a measure of length (about 5 metres) or a measure of area (about 25 square metres).

When measuring allotments, it's an area, so 7 rods is about 175 square metres. (Thelma did the exact calculation).

When measuring cricket pitches, it's a length. (A cricket pitch is exactly 4 rods),.

[Kristen]

It's confusing because a rod is either a measure of length (about 5 metres) or a measure of area (about 25 square metres).

I have wondered about that for years, and only just twigged that "area" is 1 Rod x 1 Rod - so 7 Rods is the equivalent area of 7 Rods x 1 Rod (which comes to 25 sq.m. as you said)

Its probably just me but I though "Rods area" unit of measurement was on some different scale to "Rods length"

Doh!

[Snadger]

A full allotment i.e enough to supposedly keep a family fed is 10 rods (250 square metres rings a bell?)

7 rods will be roughly a 3/4 plot. All the plots on our site are 3/4 plots

[Catseyes]

Lol I am so confused but ok, I think I just about get it thanks all


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[teakdesk]

It's confusing because a rod is either a measure of length (about 5 metres) or a measure of area (about 25 square metres).

Being pedantic, a rod is merely a measure of length; the area you refer to is a square rod.

It is only due to sloppy slang use that the word square is dropped from common usage.

The rod and square rod are, of course equivalent numbers when referring to allotments which are a standard 1 rod wide.


An acre is 40 rods long by 4 rods wide ie 16 allotments stacked together.

[Snadger]

Metrication has a lot to answer for!

Until metrication all measurements were based on boddily attributes or how much a man with a horse could plough in a day. I have a proper farmers chain somewhere? (length of a cricket pitch 22yds)
The farmer would have the chain rolled up and 'Throw the chain'. There are brass tags along the chain at intervals and the farmer would stick something in the ground on one of these measures and say to the farmhand "You need to plough up to this line by sundown or you won't get your bowl of gruel int morning"

Maybe metrication int so bad after all!