Arcadia Pen and Arcadia Mountain are in Trelawny, Jamaica and were probably associated: it was common for Estates to have a "bush" area where they would plant provisions. Arcadia was originally a classical Greek name meaning a sort of paradisiacal place (?).

Arcadia Pen was originally owned by Hon. William Barrett (1733-1787) who also owned neighbouring Barnstaple, where he is buried.. The date (1832) chiselled in the Great House front doorway keystone marks the beginning of the Sewell family ownership.

I believe the House is presently owned by Mr Heinz Simonich of the Half Moon Hotel(?)

Arcadia Mountain came into the possession of the Commonwealth Missionary Society who sold it to Kaiser Bauxite Co in 1954.

The name "Arcadia" is found in four other locations in Jamaica:

• Southern St James on the fringe of the Cockpit Country
• North west St Elizabeth
• North St Catherine
• South west St Mary

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