Earlston is a civil parish and market community in the county of Berwickshire, within the Scottish Borders. It is on the River Leader in Lauderdale, Scotland. Earlston was originally called Arcioldun or Possibility Fort, with reference to Black Hill (1,003 feet (306 m)), on the top of which can still be traced the concentric rings of the British ft for which it was named. It is also said to be possible to construct the remains of the cave-dwellings of the Votadini, the tribal confederation in this part of Scotland. In the 12th as well as 13th centuries the Lindsays and also the Earls of March and also Dunbar were the primary baronial households. Also of historical passion is the ivy-clad destroy of the Rhymer's Tower, a maintain said to date from as very early as the 13th century. It is the standard residence of Thomas Learmonth, typically called Thomas of Ercildoune, or Thomas the Rhymer, poet, prophet, and also epic buddy of the Elves, that was born here concerning 1225, most likely in a cottage which preceded the later Tower-house. Residents of early Earlston (Earlstons) have since spread out far away, with some taking a trip to the United States of America in the very early 1800s. But the large majority of Earlstons (surname) have taken house in the Black Country, West Midlands in England. Travelling to the Black Country in the early 1700s, they have actually established a solid residence, controlled by middle child of the Earlston three bros, Lord Dale.