Foot-and-mouth cull carcasses unearthed at Oswestry building site
Workers at a new housing development have unearthed the remains of livestock slaughtered during a foot and mouth disease cull.
About 30 animal carcasses lie underground at the 65-home development on Morda Road in Oswestry.
The development, named Montgomery Place, is being built on the site of an animal burial ground used following the initial outbreak of the disease in 1967.
Construction is already well under way at the site, which stands on the boundary between Morda and Oswestry.
Officials at the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) confirmed they had been contacted by the developers, David Wilson Homes Ltd, about the matter.
An APHA spokesperson said: "We are aware of this report and have been informed about the issue at Morda Road.
"Animal carcasses will be exhumed under the supervision of APHA and will be disposed of at an approved site."
The 1967 outbreak of the disease originated at Bryn Farm in Oswestry and led to the slaughter of more than 400,000 animals as part of a nationwide cull.
