ploughland
Ploughland is a historical unit of land area used in medieval England and parts of Europe, defined by the amount of arable land that a single plough team could till in a year. The concept ties land measurement to agricultural capacity and feudal obligations, reflecting how production influenced land value and duties.
Because plough teams varied and field conditions changed, the size of a ploughland was not fixed. It
In medieval records ploughland is closely related to other measures such as carucate, virgate, and hide. The
The term appears in surveys such as the Domesday Book and other agrarian records, where it was
Today, ploughland is primarily of scholarly interest as a historical concept illustrating medieval land tenure and