Wales museum keeps artillery shells for 10 years

Two XIX Century artillery shells from Ceredigion Museum have been safely detonated by a bomb disposal unit, BBC reported.

They have been found in the 1880s and have been kept in the museum stores for the last 10 years.

The museum curator said that although  the shells have been inspected by various experts over the years, and were confident that they were safe, a recent check was carried out by the bomb disposal unit who found traces of explosive and recommended their safe disposal.

The shells were taken to Borth beach on Tuesday and detonated by a unit from Gloucester.