Is there a way to make readonly (not just private) automatic properties?

Question

Automatic properties let me replace this code:

private MyType myProperty;
public MyType MyProperty
{
    get { return myPropertyField; }
}

Answer 1

readonly can only be applied to fields, so I believe not.

Could you not just use:

public readonly MyType MyProperty;

as it is then only assignable from the constructor anyway?