{"id":7411,"date":"2017-08-31T21:45:24","date_gmt":"2017-08-31T20:45:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/?p=7411"},"modified":"2025-06-01T15:47:42","modified_gmt":"2025-06-01T14:47:42","slug":"skerry-battery-hoy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/skerry-battery-hoy\/","title":{"rendered":"Skerry Battery, Hoy. Coast Artillery Battery: S0015186"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>2 x 12pdr QF guns emplaced here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/P1070574.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"7412\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/P1070574-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7412\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/P1070574-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/P1070574-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/P1070574-768x576.jpg 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