Scotland
trone weight

See also Scotland, troy weight.

A system of weights in Scotland for goods produced and consumed locally, legally abolished in 1617 but continuing in use for more than a century. Many regional variations, see this entry.

 

trone stone
 

trone pound

16
 

trone ounce

16

256
 

drop

16

256

4096
mid-14ᵗʰ c¹

2.28

36.4

583

9.33
mid-16ᵗʰ c¹

2.39

38.3

612

9.80
Edinburgh, 1826²

2.44
g

38.97
g

623.54
g

9.98
kg

1. Connor and Simpson.

2. According to the determination by an Edinburgh jury in 1826, the trone pound weighed 9622.67 imperial grains.

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