Sunday Telegraph Crosswords

[nicelander]

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?

many thanks in advance

[emeritus]

14a Inlier

[Mamyalynne]

Oxgang ?

[Wharton]

4d oxland

[emeritus]

4d Oxgang

[Baldric]

OXGANG

[Mamyalynne]

Chambers gives Oxland as a variant of Oxgang

[Wharton]

oxland fits the letters given

[Mamyalynne]

It does

[Baldric]

Yeh but it's wrong

[Mamyalynne]

Chambers gives Oxland as a variant of Oxgang

[Baldric]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxgang

[Mamyalynne]

Is there a G in the crossword Balders?

[Mamyalynne]

http://www.theanswerb.../Question1182938.html

[Wharton]

nicelander
where is the 'L' from?

[Mamyalynne]

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.

[Baldric]

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.

[Mamyalynne]

http://books.google.c...land%20oxgang&f=false

[Mamyalynne]

As with a lot oh these old words, variants abound.

[Escutcheon]

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.

[dannyk13]

14a.Inlier
4d.Oxland