Tomna
A land unit still encountered in agriculture. ARPA uses 1,124 m² for a tumolo. This is rounded; the historical imperial definition gives about 1,124.13 m².
Convert with this measure ↗Historical use
A land unit still encountered in agriculture. ARPA uses 1,124 m² for a tumolo. This is rounded; the historical imperial definition gives about 1,124.13 m².
Measures for fields and land. A land tomna measures a surface, not seed volume. Modern agricultural usage often gives it as 1,124 m².
Alternative names
tumolotumolitomniettmien
Relationships between measures
6 siegħ = 1 tomna; 16 tomna = 1 modd.
Variations & cautions
Modern agricultural usage, rounded value
When reading a deed or plan, check its date and definition. A modern rounded value alone cannot determine the boundaries of historical land.
A calculation can be mathematically precise while its historical equivalence remains approximate. Each variant here carries its context and sources. Displaying more decimal places does not make a rounded value more certain.
Worked conversions
- 1 × Tomna≈ 1,124 m²
- 2 × Tomna≈ 2,248 m²
- 10 × Tomna≈ 11,240 m²
Example: amount × factor = metric equivalent. Calculations use the full stored factor and round only for display.
How much land is a tomna?
When reading a deed or plan, check its date and definition. A modern rounded value alone cannot determine the boundaries of historical land.
- Tomna
- ≈ 1,124 m²
Sources & method
- ARPA — ANC Guidelines 2023–2027 ↗
The eligibility section uses a tumolo of 1,124 m².
- The Gozo Observer 36 (2017) — A Description of Gozo at the Turn of the Eighteenth Century ↗
Grain and provision trading; footnote 10 gives a tumolo as 1,124 m².
- Unitajiet ta’ kejl Maltin — Wikipedija ↗
Starting point for names and meanings; not a sole authority.
- Lino Bianco — Cartographic representations in early eighteenth century Baroque Malta ↗
Study of a 1737 plan; discusses a 2.088 m cane and relationships between land units.