Gruting

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Coordinates: 60°13′34″N 1°29′42″W / 60.226°N 1.495°W

Gruting
Gruting Methodist Church
Gruting Gruting shown within Shetland
OS grid reference	HU278493
Council area	Shetland
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Police	Scottish
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
EU Parliament	Scotland
UK Parliament	Orkney and Shetland
Scottish Parliament	Shetland
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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.^[1] An area of about 3.3 hectares (8.2 acres) shows signs of neolithic agriculture, with about fifty piles of stones cleared from the fields.^[2] 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.^[3] Split flakes of porphyry for skinning have been found.^[4]

Gallery

The head of Scutta Voe as seen from Gruting
Loch of Gruting from start of path to Staneydale Temple
Ayres of Selivoe Gruting Methodist Church is seen in the distance

References

Citations

↑ Piggott & Thirsk 1981, p. 52.
↑ Piggott & Thirsk 1981, p. 179.
↑ Ritchie & Ritchie 1991, p. 43.
↑ Ritchie & Ritchie 1991, p. 88.

Sources

Piggott, Stuart; Thirsk, Joan (1981). The Agrarian History of England and Wales. CUP Archive. ISBN 978-0-521-08741-4. Retrieved 2013-02-05.
Ritchie, James Neil Graham; Ritchie, Anna (1991). Scotland: Archaeology and Early History. Edinburgh University Press. ISBN 978-0-7486-0291-9. Retrieved 2013-02-05.

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