Official Name: | Tingon |
Country: | Scotland |
Population: | 0 |
Postcode Area: | ZE |
Postcode District: | ZE2 |
Dial Code: | 01806 |
Language: | Shetland dialect |
Coordinates: | 60.53°N -1.54°W |
Post Town: | SHETLAND |
Constituency Westminster: | Orkney and Shetland |
Civil Parish: | Northmavine |
Unitary Scotland: | Shetland |
Lieutenancy Scotland: | Shetland |
Constituency Scottish Parliament: | Shetland |
Os Grid Reference: | HU2482 |
Static Image Name: | Sumra, Tingon, Northmavine.jpg |
Static Image Caption: | Sumra, an abandoned croft house in Tingon |
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, a Special Protection Area, a Special Area of Conservation and a Site of Special Scientific Interest. 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.
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.