{"id":11203,"date":"2023-05-21T14:58:47","date_gmt":"2023-05-21T13:58:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/?p=11203"},"modified":"2023-05-21T15:06:14","modified_gmt":"2023-05-21T14:06:14","slug":"raf-sealand-pickett-hamilton-fort","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/raf-sealand-pickett-hamilton-fort\/","title":{"rendered":"RAF Sealand Pickett Hamilton Fort"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A Pickett Hamilton fort has been recently uncovered in a field next to the Amazon warehouse at the site of the former RAF Sealand on Deeside. As of 21\/5\/23 it&#8217;s future is uncertain. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Thanks to Colin Jones for taking and giving permission to use the photos.<\/strong><\/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\/2023\/05\/20230517_134329-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"11207\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/20230517_134329-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11207\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/20230517_134329-1024x768.jpg 1024w, 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