A BOMB squad was called to a pitch and putt after a WWII mortar round was discovered.

A member of the public found the object at Swanage Pitch and Putt, based on Victoria Avenue, on Saturday, February 27.

Police officers, along with the Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team, were called to the scene and the area was cordoned off.

The ordnance was inspected and removed by the EOD who later safely disposed the mortar round.

A spokesman for Purbeck Police said: "An eventful night in Swanage, we were called to an incident at the pitch and putt on Victoria Avenue where a member of the public discovered a WWII three-inch mortar round.

"The area was cordoned off and the army EOD team tasked. Upon their arrival the mortar round was inspected and later removed for safe disposal."

Swanage was among many areas on the coast targeted during WWII, with a number of bombing raids between 1940 and 1944 causing many deaths.