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Bomb-littered beach throws up more explosive finds

Samantha JaggerNorth East and Cumbria
News imageMillom Coastguard Rescue Team An ordnance shell is partially submerged in clear sea water. The black device is sitting side-on between rocks, sand and red sea plants. The black device is long and rounded at one end, tapering down to a thinner end, reminiscent of a scale model of large bombs often attached to the underside of bomber plans. However, this is a much smaller item, possibly an artillery shell.Millom Coastguard Rescue Team
Drigg beach, south of Sellafield in Cumbria, has seen a number of ordnance finds in the last year

Three suspected explosive items found on a beach where several shells are other ordnance have been discovered over the past year, are due to be destroyed.

Coastguard rescue teams and a bomb squad unit were called to Drigg beach, about seven miles south of the Sellafield nuclear facility on Cumbria's Irish Sea coast, on Tuesday morning.

After the items were assessed it was decided an explosive ordnance disposal unit team would aim to carry out a controlled explosion on Thursday, Millom Coastguard Rescue Team said.

Five suspected explosive items were destroyed on the same beach earlier this month, while a number of artillery shells and mortars were found in the area last year.

News imageMillom Coastguard Rescue Team An ordnance shell in a poor state sits on small rocks and pebbles as very shallow clear sea water laps around it. The black rusty device is hard to distinguish from the rocks around it.Millom Coastguard Rescue Team
A controlled explosion of the ordnance is due to happen later

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