The discovery of a First World War bomb sparked an emergency response in Dalmellington.
Ayrshire Live has learned that bomb disposal experts were summoned to the scene at Scout Garden, on the Craigengillan Estate, around 1.40pm on Saturday.
A special cordon was put in place so that the device could be examined.
It’s unclear at this stage who, or how, the 103-year-old munition was discovered.
Bomb disposal experts carried out a controlled explosion on the ‘Kaiser Wilhelm bomb' on Sunday morning – a blast which was heard by residents living nearby.
A Police Scotland spokeswoman said: “Around 1.40pm on Saturday, December 11, police were called to a walkway along the river near to Craigengillan Estate, Dalmellington, following the discovery of what was thought to be a World War One ordnance.
“Around 9.35am on Sunday, December 12, the explosive ordnance disposal attended and a controlled explosion was carried out.
“There was no risk to the public and no requirement for any evacuation.”
It seems the deadly device had lain undiscovered for more than a century and could have been dropped by the German biplanes, or Zeppelins, at the time in an attempt to bomb a nearby gunner school.
For close by, a few miles south, once stood Bogton Loch airfield, which was built in 1917 as part of the proposed £3 million Loch Doon Gunnery School – to support the training of aerial gunnery.
As it turned out, it was a disastrous attempt to build in that area because the ground was too soft and boggy for planes to land.
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