"Roger Hayter" wrote in message
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Theo wrote:

Roger Hayter wrote:
Unfortunately the wall is loose slate stones and not solid so any free
side fitting will have be cantilevered out from the hinge side post or
from something buried int he path inside the wall. Not impossible, so
thanks for the suggestion. But if I am doing this a bolt would work
too.

A bolt that goes into a hole in the ground, like the bolts you get on a
pair
of gates/doors where one locks and the other is only openable once the
locking one is open and gives access to the bolt? It would depend how
high
the wall is as to whether there's enough space to stow it in the 'up'
position and swing it over the wall.

Theo

The wall top is at ground level and the gate swings over it. So I
either need a plate with a bolt hole that goes over the top of the wall

That should work well and easy to have a long bolt down the
free side of the gate so you don’t have to bend down to let
the gate open.

or a big loop of metal or wood that extends from the gatepost of keep
the gate closed.

Too clumsy for me, particularly if the gate top is at something like chest
height.