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How high is 3000 ells?

Updated: 4/28/2022
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An "ell" is a length - generally of rope - from a man's elbow to the tip of his middle finger. Like most archaic measurements, it wasn't all that precise, because every man's arm is a slightly different length, but we can use 18 inches as a good approximation. To approximate the approximation, try holding a rope in one hand and wrapping the rope from your hand to your elbow and back, many times. Each circle will be about two ells.

So, 3000 ells would be - very roughly! - 4500 feet.

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