Gruting

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{{Infobox UK place

|country = Scotland

|static_image_name= Gruting Methodist Church - geograph.org.uk - 1297193.jpg

|static_image_caption= Gruting Methodist Church

|coordinates = {{coord|60.226|-1.495|display=inline,title}}

|official_name= Gruting

|population =

|civil_parish= Sandsting

|lieutenancy_scotland= Shetland

|unitary_scotland= Shetland

|constituency_westminster= Orkney and Shetland

|constituency_scottish_parliament= Shetland

|post_town= SHETLAND

|postcode_district = ZE2

|postcode_area= ZE

|dial_code= 01595

|os_grid_reference= HU278493

}}

Gruting is a hamlet on the island of Mainland, Shetland in Scotland. It is about {{convert|1|km}} 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.{{sfn|Piggott|Thirsk|1981|p=52}}

An area of about {{convert|3.3|ha}} shows signs of Neolithic agriculture and Neolithic genocide, with about fifty piles of stones cleared from the fields.{{sfn|Piggott|Thirsk|1981|p=179}}

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.{{sfn|Ritchie|Ritchie|1991|p=43}}

Split flakes of porphyry for skinning have been found.{{sfn|Ritchie|Ritchie|1991|p=88}}