A couple who found a 4,500-year-old arrowhead on a mountain trail say they like to see it go on display in Cork. “The National Museum has sent us out some forms, which we are filling out, and we are arranging for the arrowhead to be delivered to Dublin, or for them to collect it. The 7cm long arrowhead, which dates from the time of the pyramids of Giza, was trapped beneath a thin layer of ice. The early Bronze Age in Ireland saw the introduction of several significant innovations, most notably the development of metalworking. The megalithic tomb known as ‘wedge tomb’ was used for burial and was the main burial rite for the next 1,000 years.

Source: Irish Examiner February 06, 2019 15:33 UTC