Information board, Articlave

Image: © Kenneth Allen Taken: 24 Aug 2024

Ther following text is included: "Home is where the Heart Is" by Michael Disley. The village of Articlave was founded by the Clothworkers' Company during the Plantation of Ulster in 1613 and this Sculpture combines the sense and importance of "home, hearth and heart" whilst combining the visual image of the nest, closely linked to the meaning of the name of Articlave village comes from the Gaelic for "Height of the Basket" ('Ard an Chléibh. The Irish for basket is 'cliabh'). It seems likely that this came from huge fortress, which was perched on the Sconce Hill, 200 m (656 feet) above sea level, three miles inland. The fortress is mentioned in the Annals of Ulster in AD 629, so it was clearly of great strategic importance in those times. It was constructed like a giant basket, oval in shape, 50 m long by 30 m wide, with walls 5 - 8 m thick and dominated the surrounding area, explaining why the village below would have been called "The Height of the Basket". Pictured here Image]

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