ferries to Rousay, Egilsay and Wyre. Next to it is a broch and a Thing, both scheduled monuments. Tingwall is from the Old Norse place-name 'Thing-völlr', meaning 'thing-field' and the first mention of it occurs in the 12th-century Orkneyinga Saga.

Seven Knowes, a scheduled monument, is also located in Rendall. The monument comprises the remains of seven barrows dating from the Bronze Age. The monument was first