Wicklow pipes
The Wicklow Pipes were found in 2003 during an archaeological dig by Bernice Molly in Greystones , County Wicklow , Ireland . There are six carefully crafted wooden flutes from the Bronze Age (2200–2000 BC), which are the oldest surviving wooden wind instruments.
The Wicklow Pipes were discovered in a water-soaked trough of an Early Bronze Age (around 2120–2085 BC) Burnt Mound (fire mound). The flutes made of yew wood were found lying next to each other in descending lengths. They reach a size of 57 to 29 cm, although not all were completely preserved. The inside diameter is about 2.0 cm. No finger holes can be seen. Some ends have a stepped taper, which indicates that they were originally fixed in organic material at the end, i.e. were blown on via a common windsock. Perhaps it was also single-tone flutes that, when combined, made a kind of pan flute .