For the gate post lovers of the world (and Russia in particular) here is a picture of a pair of standing stones / gate posts at the roadside near Garnffoi, about a mile from Newport. These stones are about 2m high, and they are very stable indeed -- so each one might well be about 3m long. Note the twin holes drilled in each one -- rather too close together, one would have thought, for gate hinges. Could it be that there was a sort of hooking mechanism, from which a detachable hurdle or gate could be easily removed and replaced again? Advice from some old rural codgers would be appreciated....
While I am about it, I discovered this splendid gate today, up on the edge of Carningli Common. Sadly, it was not hung onto bluestone pillars.......
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