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It will likely be set into mortar. They can have quite a long and pointy shaft (fnar fnar) that gets pushed into mortar and provides the strength to hold a cast iron gate. You'll need to chisel it out but it would take an age. Can you get an angle grinder and cut it off and attached a new gate hanger over the top which is just drilled and bolted?