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Loch Of Gruting
Cairn (Period Unassigned), Cist (Period Unassigned)(Possible)
Site Name Loch Of Gruting
Classification Cairn (Period Unassigned), Cist (Period Unassigned)(Possible)
Canmore ID 403
Site Number HU25SE 24
NGR HU 29726 50116
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Shetland Islands
- Parish Sandsting
- Former Region Shetland Islands Area
- Former District Shetland
- Former County Shetland
HU25SE 24 2972 5009.
(HU 2971 5012) Cuml (OE)
O.S.6"map, Shetland, 2nd ed., (1903).
HU 295 500. Calder lists this site as a cairn with a cist and says that it is actually a short distance NE of the position described by
RCAHM.
C S T Calder 1965.
An amorphous scatter of stones, some earth fast, but unlike the description by RCAHMS. On the S side are three stones on edge, representing three sides of a cist orientated NE-SW, the SW slab being missing. It measures 1.7m by 1.2m. Calder's directions are wrong, and there is no feature in the area resembling RCAHMS description.
Visited by OS(RL) 13th June 1968.
Field Visit (7 July 1931)
Indeterminate Remains, Loch of Gruting.
The remains seen here, described on the OS map as those of a "cuml," consist merely of an irregular setting of large stones, laid edge to edge in the form of a horse-shoe with the open end towards the E., most of them having their broad faces horizontal. The enclosed area measures about 33 ft. by 25 ft., and the opening, which is plainly marked on each side by a stone set on end, is 20 ft. in width. The surface within has been entirely cleared of stones and is slightly hollow.
RCAHMS 1946, visited 7 July 1931.
O.S.6"map, Shetland, 2nd ed., (1903)
