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    1. [SH] Irish Acre
    2. Merv
    3. I have visited a place called Kirkconnell House in Kirkcudbright, Scotland where there is a double-walled field called the "Scottish acre." Apparently a Scottish acre was 'as much as man could plough with an ox in one day.' By the way, the double wall around the field had out-crops in which fires were set in order to heat the inside of the field, thus enabling the owner to grow tropical plants and fruit. Merv. Rowan

    03/17/2001 03:27:36