Tingon

Tingon
Sumra, an abandoned croft house in Tingon
Tingon is located in Shetland
Tingon
Tingon
Location within Shetland
Population
LanguageShetland dialect
OS grid referenceHU2482
Civil parish
Council area
Lieutenancy area
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townSHETLAND
Postcode districtZE2
Dialling code01806
PoliceScotland
FireScottish
AmbulanceScottish
UK Parliament
Scottish Parliament
Official nameRonas Hill - North Roe & Tingon
Designated11 October 1997
Reference 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 also the collective name of a group of settlements on the peninsula, which were nearly all evicted as part of the Highland Clearances.[2]

  1. ^ "Ronas Hill - North Roe & Tingon". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
  2. ^ The Story of Tingon, p. 2-3.