Rendall
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Rendall (Old Norse: Rennudalr[1] or Rennadal[2]) is a parish on Mainland, Orkney, Scotland.[3] It is in the north west of the island and lies east of the parishes of Birsay and Evie and north east of Harray. The island of Gairsay is also in the parish.
The Rendall Doocot is a 17th-century beehive doocot located at the Hall of Rendall and is unique in the Northern Isles, as most doocots are square/rectangle buildings.[4][5] The Hall of Rendall is a settlement mound containing prehistoric structures, possibly a broch but that is doubted, and the remains of a medieval church. Human remains are regularly recovered from the beach and eroding sections near the church.[6]
The Tingwall Ferry Terminal is located in Rendall and operates ferries to Rousay, Egilsay and Wyre.[7] Next to it is a broch and a Thing, both scheduled monuments.[8] 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.[8]
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 scheduled in 1936.[9]
