The device, which was the size of a rugby ball, was detonated on Sandyhills beach in Dumfries and Galloway on Wednesday morning.
A World War Two mortar, discovered on Sandyhills beach in Dumfries and Galloway, was safely detonated by explosive experts. The device, resembling a rugby ball, was found by the public and guarded overnight by the Coastguard before its controlled explosion. Storms likely uncovered the mortar, possibly linked to Beaufort's Dyke.
