Until the middle of the 19th century a wide diversity of weights and measures were used in Scotland. Standardization took place from 1661 onwards, and in 1824 an act of parliament imposed the English versions of Imperial measures and defined the proportions of older measures to Imperial measures.

Extract from the inventory of a tailor:
Eleven eln coarse tow cloth at ten pence p[er] Ell

Distance
The main units of linear measure were the foot and the mile. The foot was, traditionally, the length of a man’s foot and the inch was a twelfth part of a foot (from the Latin word uncia, meaning ‘a twelfth’, which is also the root of the word ounce). The ell (from the Latin Ulna, meaning ‘forearm’) was traditionally the distance from the elbow or shoulder to the wrist or finger-tips). A fall (from the Old Norse fale, meaning a ‘pole’ or ‘perch’) was the equivalent of the English pole. The furlong was traditionally the distance an ox could pull a plough before needing a rest (literally a ‘furrow long’). The mile (from the Roman mille passus or passuum) was based on the Roman linear measure 1000 paces.

According to the standard ell of Edinburgh, adopted in 1661

AREA
The basic units of area were the rood and acre. The rood (from the word rod, meaning a measuring rod) was the equivalent of 40 square falls. The acre corresponded to the size of a ploughed field (probably from the Anglo-Saxon word acer or aecer, meaning a ‘field’).

According to the standard ell of Edinburgh, adopted in 1661

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Background and Further Reading
Dry and Liquid Capacity
Weight
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