{"id":8248,"date":"2018-08-08T18:08:01","date_gmt":"2018-08-08T17:08:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/?p=8248"},"modified":"2019-05-11T12:13:13","modified_gmt":"2019-05-11T11:13:13","slug":"roan-head-battery-wwi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/roan-head-battery-wwi\/","title":{"rendered":"Roan Head Battery (WWI)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Located on the Golta peninsular on the Island of Flotta, This WWI battery initially housed 3 3pdr&#8217;s. This was upped to 4 12pdr&#8217;s which were transferred from Holm battery .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The battery is extremely well preserved and even has blast baffles remaining in one of the trenches to the magazine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01-DSC_3317_8_9.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1063\" height=\"1600\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01-DSC_3317_8_9.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"8249\" class=\"wp-image-8249\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/01-DSC_3317_8_9.jpg 1063w, 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