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Traditionally, gates in stone walls were hung on monoliths of stone called stoops, of hewn granite, mica schist, slate, gritstone, rhyolite columns or any other stone which does not readily split or crumble. Metal, reinforced concrete or wooden posts are the usual modern equivalent. The construction of dry stone and mortared pillars for gate posts...