BWB 3 Posted January 10, 2007 Report Share Posted January 10, 2007 obviously an acre is a term used to describe the size of a piece of land . but what is an acre in square metres ie is it say 100m by 100m and an acre being an old term (now hectres) was an acre measured in yards and a hectre measured in metres . ( yes i am bored ) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
zap 4 Posted January 10, 2007 Report Share Posted January 10, 2007 http://www.hoptechno.com/nightcrew/sante7000/convert.cfm there you go bud , my wife once kicked me in the balls and i had 2 acres lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Border Terrier 0 Posted January 10, 2007 Report Share Posted January 10, 2007 dont now if this is any help? 1 international acre is equal to the following metric units: 4046.8564224 square metres 0.40468564224 hectares if your bored put on that celebrity big brother in a couple of minutes it will either kill or cure you Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BWB 3 Posted January 10, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2007 (edited) thankyou both will check out site and big brothers already killed me im afraid edited to say if going from above an acre would work out as roughly 63.5 by 63.5 metres is this right cheers Edited January 10, 2007 by BWB Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest baldie Posted January 10, 2007 Report Share Posted January 10, 2007 The acre is an old , old, measurement, it was the area of land, a man and two horses, could plough, in a day. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bullsmilk 2 Posted January 10, 2007 Report Share Posted January 10, 2007 always thought it was a simmiler area in size to a footy pitch Quote Link to post Share on other sites
chillitt 0 Posted January 10, 2007 Report Share Posted January 10, 2007 right... 22yards, is a chain. 10 chain, is a furlong 8 furlong, is a mile. an acre is a chain wide, and a furlong long so thats 22 yard by 220 yard. or 4880 square yards. and theres 640 of em in a square mile. now, anyone for bushels? (all the above is subject to confirmation by a sober person..) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stubby 175 Posted January 11, 2007 Report Share Posted January 11, 2007 when I worked in the construction trade, a bushell was six and a half shovelfulls, = 20 bushels to a yard, give or take a few shovels Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest MOLLY Posted January 11, 2007 Report Share Posted January 11, 2007 Thats better chillit, i only know, inches, feet and miles MOLL. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Macnas Posted January 11, 2007 Report Share Posted January 11, 2007 Roods and perches anyone? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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