diff --git a/go/store/val/triple.go b/go/store/val/triple.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d371f8fa4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/go/store/val/triple.go
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+// Copyright 2022 Dolthub, Inc.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package val
+
+import "github.com/dolthub/dolt/go/store/pool"
+
+const (
+	tripleOffSz = int(uint16Size + uint16Size)
+)
+
+func NewTriple[V ~[]byte](pool pool.BuffPool, one, two, three V) (tri Triple[V]) {
+	o1 := len(one)
+	o2 := len(two) + o1
+	end := len(three) + o2
+	tri = pool.Get(uint64(end + tripleOffSz))
+
+	// populate fields
+	copy(tri, one)
+	copy(tri[o1:], two)
+	copy(tri[o2:], three)
+
+	// populate offsets
+	writeUint16(tri[end:end+2], uint16(o1))
+	writeUint16(tri[end+2:], uint16(o2))
+	return
+}
+
+type Triple[V ~[]byte] []byte
+
+func (t Triple[V]) First() V {
+	l := len(t)
+	o1 := readUint16(t[l-4 : l-2])
+	return V(t[:o1])
+}
+
+func (t Triple[V]) Second() V {
+	l := len(t)
+	o1 := readUint16(t[l-4 : l-2])
+	o2 := readUint16(t[l-2 : l])
+	return V(t[o1:o2])
+}
+
+func (t Triple[V]) Third() V {
+	l := len(t)
+	o2 := readUint16(t[l-2 : l])
+	return V(t[o2 : l-4])
+}
diff --git a/go/store/val/triple_test.go b/go/store/val/triple_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4c79894cbd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/go/store/val/triple_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+// Copyright 2021 Dolthub, Inc.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package val
+
+import (
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestNewTriple(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("test tuple round trip", func(t *testing.T) {
+		roundTripTripleFields(t)
+	})
+}
+
+func roundTripTripleFields(t *testing.T) {
+	for n := 0; n < 100; n++ {
+		f1 := randomByteFields(t)
+		f2 := randomByteFields(t)
+		f3 := randomByteFields(t)
+
+		t1 := NewTuple(testPool, f1...)
+		t2 := NewTuple(testPool, f2...)
+		t3 := NewTuple(testPool, f3...)
+
+		tri := NewTriple(testPool, t1, t2, t3)
+
+		a, b, c := tri.First(), tri.Second(), tri.Third()
+		assert.Equal(t, t1, a)
+		assert.Equal(t, t2, b)
+		assert.Equal(t, t3, c)
+
+		for i, field := range f1 {
+			assert.Equal(t, field, a.GetField(i))
+		}
+		for i, field := range f2 {
+			assert.Equal(t, field, b.GetField(i))
+		}
+		for i, field := range f3 {
+			assert.Equal(t, field, c.GetField(i))
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/go/store/val/tuple_test.go b/go/store/val/tuple_test.go
index 25fd9c5762..6c44488dc5 100644
--- a/go/store/val/tuple_test.go
+++ b/go/store/val/tuple_test.go
@@ -31,14 +31,14 @@ var testRand = rand.New(rand.NewSource(1))
 
 func TestNewTuple(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Run("test tuple round trip", func(t *testing.T) {
-		roundTripBytes(t)
+		roundTripTupleFields(t)
 	})
 	t.Run("test tuple get many", func(t *testing.T) {
 		testTupleGetMany(t)
 	})
 }
 
-func roundTripBytes(t *testing.T) {
+func roundTripTupleFields(t *testing.T) {
 	for n := 0; n < 100; n++ {
 		fields := randomByteFields(t)
 		tup := NewTuple(testPool, fields...)