Tingon

Peninsula in the north-west of Northmavine, Shetland

Human settlement in Scotland

Northmavine

Council area

Shetland

Shetland

CountryScotlandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townSHETLANDPostcode districtZE2Dialling code01806PoliceScotlandFire Scottish AmbulanceScottish UK Parliament

Orkney and Shetland

Scottish Parliament

Shetland

Ramsar Wetland

Official nameRonas Hill - North Roe & TingonDesignated11 October 1997Reference no.916^[1]

List of places: UK; Scotland

60°32′N 1°32′W / 60.53°N 1.54°W / 60.53; -1.54

Tingon is a peninsula in the north-west of Northmavine, Shetland. It is delineated on the east by Ronas Voe, and on the west by Hamnavoe. It is designated as a Ramsar site,^[2] a Special Protection Area,^[3] a Special Area of Conservation^[4] and a Site of Special Scientific Interest.^[5] It is also the collective name of a group of settlements on the peninsula, which were nearly all evicted as part of the Highland Clearances.^[6]

History

At its peak, Tingon had a number of crofts; there was a croft each at Knowes, Sannions, Sumra, Ocran, Ocraness, Quidadale, Westerhouse and Aurora (pronounced 'Rora). Additionally, Southerhouse, Northerhouse, and Easterhouse each had two crofts, making a total of 14. ^[7]

References

^ "Ronas Hill - North Roe & Tingon". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
^ Ramsar 2007.
^ Natura 2000 2015.
^ JNCC 2016.
^ SiteLink.
^ The Story of Tingon, p. 2-3.
^ The Story of Tingon, p. 1.

Sources

The Story of Tingon. Tangwick Haa Museum.
"Natura 2000 – Standard Data Form" (PDF). JNCC. 15 January 2016. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
"Ronas Hill - North Roe & Tingon". Ramsar Sites Information Service. 1 January 2007. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
"Ronas Hill - North Roe & Tingon". Natura 2000. December 2015 [1997]. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
"Tingon SSSI". SiteLink. Retrieved 3 December 2019.