Tingwall is a farm[1] and ferry terminal that lies on the north-east coast of Orkney's West Mainland on the Gairsay Sound in the parish of Evie and Rendall.

There is a ferry connection to the islands of Wyre, Rousay and Egilsay.

Recorded as Á Þingavoll in the Orkneyinga saga and as "Tyngwell" in 1492,[1] the first syllable þing indicates the site of a legislative or judicial assembly.

[5] The second syllable, (at least in the case of similar examples such as Dingwall) may have been vollr meaning field.

[1][6] A ruined broch nearby may have been the place of assembly although there are no written records of meetings at Tingwall.