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Gruting
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Gruting Methodist Church
Gruting is located in Shetland
Gruting
Gruting
OS grid reference HU278493
Civil parish
  • Sandsting
Council area
Lieutenancy area
Country Scotland
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town SHETLAND
Postcode district ZE2
Dialling code 01595
Police Northern
Fire Highlands and Islands
Ambulance Scottish
EU Parliament Scotland
UK Parliament
  • Orkney and Shetland
Scottish Parliament
  • Shetland
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Scotland
60°13′34″N 1°29′42″W / 60.226°N 1.495°W / 60.226; -1.495

Gruting is a hamlet on the island of Mainland, Shetland in Scotland. It is about 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) southwest of the archaeological site of Stanydale Temple.

There is a late Neolithic site on the Ness of Grutling, where burnt barley has been found. An area of about 3.3 hectares (8.2 acres) shows signs of neolithic agriculture and neolithic genocide, with about fifty piles of stones cleared from the fields. The barley had a radiocarbon date of within 120 years of 1564 BC. Pottery found on the Ness of Gruting shows affinities with Neolithic wares from the Hebrides, indicating cultural contacts. Split flakes of porphyry for skinning have been found.

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