{"id":11093,"date":"2022-09-20T20:01:11","date_gmt":"2022-09-20T19:01:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/?p=11093"},"modified":"2022-09-20T20:01:14","modified_gmt":"2022-09-20T19:01:14","slug":"barrage-balloon-site-e25875-extant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/barrage-balloon-site-e25875-extant\/","title":{"rendered":"Barrage Balloon Site: e25875 (Extant)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Concentric rings of concrete anchor blocks used to hold the balloon when lowered. These at Neb on Flotta have been exposed by peat cutting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/DSC_5596_7_8-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"11098\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/DSC_5596_7_8-682x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11098\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/DSC_5596_7_8-682x1024.jpg 682w, http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/DSC_5596_7_8-200x300.jpg 200w, 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href=\"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/DSC_5569_70_71-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"681\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"11094\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/DSC_5569_70_71-681x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11094\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/DSC_5569_70_71-681x1024.jpg 681w, http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/DSC_5569_70_71-199x300.jpg 199w, http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/DSC_5569_70_71-768x1155.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/DSC_5569_70_71-1021x1536.jpg 1021w, http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/DSC_5569_70_71-1361x2048.jpg 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http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/DSC_5572_3_4-768x1154.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/DSC_5572_3_4-1023x1536.jpg 1023w, http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/DSC_5572_3_4-1363x2048.jpg 1363w, http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/DSC_5572_3_4-scaled.jpg 1704w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Barrage Balloon Site: e25875<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/DSC_5575_6_7-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" data-id=\"11096\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/DSC_5575_6_7-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11096\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/DSC_5575_6_7-1024x682.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/DSC_5575_6_7-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/DSC_5575_6_7-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/DSC_5575_6_7-1536x1023.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/DSC_5575_6_7-2048x1364.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Barrage Balloon Site: e25875<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/IMG_20220908_102757-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"11099\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/IMG_20220908_102757-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11099\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/IMG_20220908_102757-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/IMG_20220908_102757-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/IMG_20220908_102757-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/IMG_20220908_102757-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, 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