{"id":8649,"date":"2018-09-24T21:05:16","date_gmt":"2018-09-24T20:05:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/?p=8649"},"modified":"2025-10-19T18:56:49","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T17:56:49","slug":"clestrain-battery-coast-artillery-battery-s0015234-wwi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/clestrain-battery-coast-artillery-battery-s0015234-wwi\/","title":{"rendered":"Clestrain Battery. Coast Artillery Battery: S0015234 WWI"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>4 x 12pdr QF guns were emplaced here. The battery remains fairly complete. The magazines are still extant but buried.<\/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\/2018\/09\/1-DSC_4292.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-id=\"8651\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/1-DSC_4292-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Clestrain Battery. 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Coast Artillery Battery: S0015234 WWI\" class=\"wp-image-8658\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/8-DSC_4349-1024x683.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/8-DSC_4349-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/8-DSC_4349-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/8-DSC_4349.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/9-DSC_4352.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-id=\"8659\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/9-DSC_4352-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Clestrain Battery. 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