| Tingon | |
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 Sumra, an abandoned croft house in Tingon | |
  Tingon Location within Shetland | |
| Population | 0 |
| Language | Shetland dialect |
| OS grid reference | HU2482 |
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| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | SHETLAND |
| Postcode district | ZE2 |
| Dialling code | 01806 |
| Police | Scotland |
| Fire | Scottish |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
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| Official name | Ronas Hill - North Roe & Tingon |
| Designated | 11 October 1997 |
| Reference no. | 916[1] |
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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]
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]
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