Police were called at around 12:30pm today (June 16) to a report of ordnance located at a property on Penrith Road, Keswick.
Officers are at the scene and as precaution a cordon is in place and a section of Penrith Road between Gretna Street and Blencathra Street junctions was closed.
A Cumbria Police spokesman said: “EOD attended and the items were found to be casings.”