VIDEO AND PICTURES:- Unexploded wartime bomb found at Culbin Forest, on the Moray Firth Coast west of Forres; Police Scotland call in British Army disposal experts
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Bomb disposal experts have defused a wartime bomb discovered in woodland on the Moray Firth coast.
Laura Walsh, who was walking in Culbin Forest, alerted the police on Monday evening after spotting the unusual object near Kintessack.
The bomb was initially cordoned off by the police before army disposal personnel arrived.
Another witness who was walking in the area at the time said: "I was startled and confused initially when I saw the flashing blue lights coming towards us, but was told soon after that someone had alerted police to a possible unexploded wartime bomb."
Culbin Forest was taken over as a secret base for military exercises during the Second World War and is credited as playing a part in the success of the Normandy Landings in 1944.
A Police Scotland spokesman said: “Police received a report of an unexploded ordnance having been found at Culbin Forest near Kintessack around 6pm on Monday.
The spokesperson added that the cordon is no longer in place.
