My understanding was that Rod is generally used as a measurment of area.
10 rod being approx 250 square metres.

This http://www.johnowensmith.co.uk/histdate/measures.htm is interesting.

__________________
Always thank people who have helped you immediately, as they may not be around to thank later.
Visit my blog at http://podsplot.blogspot.com/
I support http://www.hearingdogs.org.uk/