A south Pembrokeshire road was closed for several hours and nearby residents evacuated on Tuesday after workmen found a suspicious device. Contractors resurfacing the A4115 Templeton to Cross Hands Road found what could have been an unexploded barrel of explosives while excavating a hedge and verge on a bend at Peters Finger. Shortly after 1 pm, Dyfed Powys Police received a call that workmen had found a cylindrical corroded item on a piece of MOD land at Templeton Aerodrome. "There were concerns regarding the nature of the item, and for safety reasons bomb disposal experts were called upon to investigate and the road was closed," said a police spokeswoman. A bomb disposal team subsequently disposed of the device, which was believed to date back to World War Two, when it was used for practice sessions at the aerodrome. The road was subsequently re-opened at 5.05 pm. Among the residents evacuated was our sports correspondent, David Gibbs. "We were asked to evacuate the house as a precautionary measure, as were our neighbours," he told us afterwards. "Although it was very inconvenient for us to leave everything and evacuate the house with our overnight bags at short notice, we understood that it was a necessary precaution by the police," he continued. "We had a pleasant few hours in Saundersfoot and Wiseman's Bridge. Our minor inconvenience was nothing compared to the plight of the thousands of people in the Gulf of Mexico who were forced to flee from the recent hurricanes or the people who lost their homes in Asia as a result of the Tsunami. "We were able to return home later and we would like to compliment the police, contractors, emergency services and MOD for the very efficient and calm manner in which they dealt with what was a potentially dangerous situation," he added.
