Earlston is a civil parish and also market community in the region of Berwickshire, within the Scottish Borders. It is on the River Leader in Lauderdale, Scotland. Earlston was initially called Arcioldun or Possibility Ft, with reference to Black Hill (1,003 feet (306 m)), on the top of which can still be mapped the concentric rings of the British ft for which it was called. It is also stated to be feasible to construct out 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 the Earls of March as well as Dunbar were the chief baronial households. Likewise of historical rate of interest is the ivy-clad ruin of the Rhymer's Tower, a keep said to date from as very early as the 13th century. It is the traditional residence of Thomas Learmonth, generally called Thomas of Ercildoune, or Thomas the Rhymer, poet, prophet, as well as legendary buddy of the Elves, who was birthed below about 1225, most likely in a small house which preceded the later Tower-house. Citizens of very early Earlston (Earlstons) have actually given that spread far away, with some travelling to the United States of America in the very early 1800s. Yet the vast bulk of Earlstons (last name) have taken home in the Black Nation, West Midlands in England. Taking a trip to the Black Nation in the very early 1700s, they have established a solid residence, regulated by middle youngster of the Earlston 3 siblings, Lord Dale.