Convert Roods to Ares
Convert Roods (ro) to Ares (a) instantly and accurately.
Conversion Formula
a = ro × 10.11714106
About Roods
A rood (ro) is a traditional English unit of land area equal to one quarter of an acre, or 40 square rods, approximately 1,011.71 m². Originating in medieval England, the rood was used alongside the acre and the perch for describing land ownership. The name shares its root with 'rod,' the linear unit used to measure it. While largely obsolete in modern use, roods still appear in old English legal documents, historical land surveys, and certain rural property records in England and Wales.
About Ares
An are (a) is a metric unit of area equal to 100 square meters (10 m × 10 m). Though less commonly used today, it served as an intermediate unit between square meters and hectares in the metric system. One are equals 0.01 hectares or about 119.6 yd². It is still occasionally used in some European countries for measuring medium-sized land plots, gardens, and vineyards. The dekameter-squared (dam²) is another name for the same unit.
Quick Reference Table
| Roods (ro) | Ares (a) |
|---|---|
| 1 ro | 10.1171 a |
| 2 ro | 20.2343 a |
| 5 ro | 50.5857 a |
| 10 ro | 101.171 a |
| 25 ro | 252.929 a |
| 50 ro | 505.857 a |
| 100 ro | 1011.71 a |