Tripwell
village in the Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK
Tripwell is a hamlet in western Whalsay in the parish of Nesting in the Shetland islands of Scotland. It is located to the south of the village of Brough, northeast of Marrister. Scarfmoor Burn passes on the eastern side of the settlement, passing an old mill in Tripwell. Council houses were built in Tripwell in the late 1970, consisting of sheltered housing for senior citizens and 2 and 3 bedroom family houses.
In 1993, Ship's Monthly reported that a Joseph Kay of 18 Tripwell was researching the life history of Captain Thomas Kay, master of the sailing vessel Earl of Dunmore (1891-1903), contributing to the local history of Shetland.
References
External links
Historic Environment Scotland. "Whalsay, Ingleside (Site no. HU56SE 44)".
Historic Environment Scotland. "Whalsay, Gro Stanes (Site no.
“Tripwell” enters the record as village in the Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Tripwell, village and Shetland can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 2, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q7843905. Authority coordinates are 60.361, -1.000. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1970, 1993, 1891 and 1903.
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