The name, CluainUamha, signifies "the meadow of the cave," from the curious limestone caves in the vicinity.
The famous Blue Grotto, the most celebrated of the many caves in the rocky shores of the island, was known in Roman times, but lost until 1826, when it was rediscovered.
Here are numerous caves in the rock, used for the worship of Artemis.
They lived in natural or artificial caves in their mountains.
The ruins of another Arbela (Irbid, Beth-Arbel) in Palestine, situated near the west shore of the Sea of Galilee, a little north of its centre, are not in themselves of high interest, but the site is noteworthy through its connexion with the neighbouring caves in the lofty flank of the Wadi Hamam, above which Arbela stood.
