Virgate

The virgate, yardland, or yard of land (Latin: virgāta [terrae]) was an English unit of land. Primarily a measure of tax assessment rather than area, the virgate was usually (but not always) reckoned as 1⁄4 hide and notionally (but seldom exactly) equal to 30 acres. It was equivalent to two of the Danelaw's oxgangs.

'Yardland' redirects here. Not to be confused with yard (land).
For the use of 'virgate' in reference to rod-like stems and ribs, see virgate (botany).
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