Talk:Groatland

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Table of values

I've removed this:

"There were some regional variation in the equivalencies, but in Islay and many other places, they were as follows:

½ groatland – Dà sgillinn (twoshillingland)

2 groatlands = 1 “leothras”/“lèirtheas”.

4 groatlands = 1 ochdamh

8 groatlands = 1 quarterland

16 groatlands = 1 halfpennyland/leth-pheighinn

32 groatlands = 1 ounceland/pennyland"

as it makes very little sense.
If a groat was worth four pennies, then 16 groats isn’t going to equate to half a penny, nor 32 groats to one penny. And as an ounce of silver was worth 20 pennies, it won’t equate to an ounce either (more like six!). Nor, if a shilling is worth 12 pence, will half a groat equate to two shillings.
This seems to have been extrapolated from the quarterland article, which is itself confused, and unreferenced; I’ve edited that as well. Moonraker12 (talk) 12:28, 7 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]