{"id":21546,"date":"2025-07-22T15:45:49","date_gmt":"2025-07-22T15:45:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wearecapco.com\/news\/a-whistle-stop-tour-of-john-charles-ardaghs-fort\/"},"modified":"2025-07-22T15:45:49","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T15:45:49","slug":"a-whistle-stop-tour-of-john-charles-ardaghs-fort","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/wearecapco.com\/us\/news\/a-whistle-stop-tour-of-john-charles-ardaghs-fort\/","title":{"rendered":"A Whistle Stop Tour of John Charles Ardagh&#8217;s Fort"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Increasingly, we are producing short films to explore our newest or just favourite adventurous places. 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