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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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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 also the collective name of a group of settlements on the peninsula, which were nearly all evicted as part of the Highland Clearances.

Environment

Tingon is designated as a Ramsar site, a Special Protection Area, a Special Area of Conservation and a Site of Special Scientific Interest. It forms part of the Ronas HillNorth Roe and Tingon Important Bird Area (IBA), designated as such by BirdLife International because it supports a suite of moorland-breeding birds, including red-throated loons, great skuas and merlins.

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.

References

  1. ^ "Ronas Hill - North Roe & Tingon". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
  2. ^ The Story of Tingon, p. 2-3.
  3. ^ Ramsar 2007.
  4. ^ Natura 2000 2015.
  5. ^ JNCC 2016.
  6. ^ "Ronas Hill – North Roe and Tingon". BirdLife Data Zone. BirdLife International. 2024. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
  7. ^ The Story of Tingon, p. 1.

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