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Square rod (sq rd; also perch, pole, lug) - traditional land area
Square rod is a historical Imperial/US customary unit of area equal to a square one rod on a side. Used in older land records and surveying alongside roods and acres.
- Symbols: sq rd, rd²; also “square perch”
- System: Imperial/US customary (historic)
- Exact relations: 1 sq rd = (16.5 ft)² = 272.25 ft² = (5.5 yd)² = 30.25 yd² = (5.0292 m)² = 25.29285264 m² (exact)
- Other relations: 40 sq rd = 1 rood; 160 sq rd = 1 acre; 16 sq rd = 1 square chain
- Typical examples: deed descriptions such as “2 roods 13 perches”; 19th-century cadastral plans
Rood (rood) - traditional land area
Rood is a historical Imperial/US customary unit of area equal to one quarter of an acre. Used in older land records, field measurements, and some property descriptions.
- Symbol: none standardized (written as “rood”)
- System: Imperial/US customary (historic)
- Exact relations: 1 rood = 1/4 acre = 40 square rods (perches) = 2.5 square chains
- Other relations: 1 rood = 1 furlong × 1 rod = 10,890 ft² = 1,210 yd²
- Metric equivalents (exact): 1 rood = 1011.7141056 m²
- Typical examples: historical parcel sizes in deeds; subdivision remnants expressed as roods and perches