Leftover D-Day landing shell blown up on Scottish beach
The munition was used during D-Day rehearsals in the north east of Scotland.
An explosive shell left over from D-Day landing rehearsals has been blown up on a Scottish beach.
The munition was discovered during a survey of Nairn Beach by the local coastguard team on Wednesday.
They alerted the Royal Navy and a team from HMNB Clyde destroyed the rusted 73-year-old shell the next day.
It was used during rehearsals for the D-Day landings which took place on beaches around Nairn, Inverness and Burghead in 1943.
It is not the only relic of the Second World War in the area - a tank lost overboard during the same operation now sits at the bottom of Burghead Bay.
Two mortar bombs also dating back to the D-Day preparations were discovered on Nairn's East Beach in 2012.
A spokesman for Nairn Coastguard said: "If you find anything your not sure off on the beach call 999 and ask for the coastguard."