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nicelander | 17:04 Tue 30th Oct 2012 | Quizzes & Puzzles
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14 across. Outcrop of older rocks surrounded by younger rocks
6 letters I?L?E?

4 down . One eighth of a carucate of a ploughed area
6 letters O?L?N?

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14a Inlier
Oxgang ?
4d oxland
4d Oxgang
OXGANG
Chambers gives Oxland as a variant of Oxgang
oxland fits the letters given
It does
Yeh but it's wrong
Chambers gives Oxland as a variant of Oxgang
Is there a G in the crossword Balders?
nicelander
where is the 'L' from?
Oxland is a feudal term for a measurement of land. It means the amount of land one Ox can plough in a year and was used for taxation purposes. The Doomsday book uses the measurement term ‘Team’. There were 8 Oxen in a ‘Team’ and 1/8 of a team is an Oxland. The land measured was for arable, agricultural and grazing land. It did not include bogs, woods, ditches etc.
I havn't got the crossword, just googled it and got that wiki page, didn't recognise oxland only as a business name with as S on the end.
As with a lot oh these old words, variants abound.
I always thought that it was the amount that an Ox could plough in a day and was a fraction of a carucate. Also known as a bovate.
14a.Inlier
4d.Oxland

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