Builders find unexploded bomb at building site.

The road through village was closed yesterday afternoon after the discovery of a mortar round by construction workers.

Builders got the shock of their lives when they uncovered an unexploded bomb at a Gloucestershire building site – forcing the area to be evacuated.

The road through village Hatherop was closed yesterday afternoon after the discovery of a mortar round by construction workers.

Explosive ordnance disposal soldiers from the army carried out a controlled explosion of the mortar round at the site.

The road was reopened shortly afterwards.

Officers from Gloucestershire police Tweeted updates during the incident.

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It’s not the first time the bomb squad has been sent out to recover WW2 munitions.

In November 2015 the army was sent to a home in Stroud where a grenade was discovered.

And in April 2014 there was a false alarm after a gas canister was mistaken for a grenade in Gloucester.

The team was sent to a business estate near Gloucester city centre when fake munitions were believed to have been the real thing.

– Gloucester Live