Earlston
Earlston is a civil parish and also market town in the area of Berwickshire, within the Scottish Borders. It is on the River Leader in Lauderdale, Scotland. Earlston was originally called Arcioldun or Prospect 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 fort for which it was called. It is additionally said to be possible to construct out the remains of the cave-dwellings of the Votadini, the tribal confederation in this part of Scotland. In the 12th and also 13th centuries the Lindsays as well as the Earls of March and also Dunbar were the chief baronial households. Additionally of historical rate of interest is the ivy-clad wreck of the Rhymer's Tower, a keep said to day from as very early as the 13th century. It is the standard house of Thomas Learmonth, typically called Thomas of Ercildoune, or Thomas the Rhymer, poet, prophet, and also fabulous buddy of the Elves, who was birthed below about 1225, more likely in a small house which came before the later Tower-house. Homeowners of very early Earlston (Earlstons) have since spread far away, with some taking a trip to the USA of America in the very early 1800s. But the vast bulk of Earlstons (surname) have actually taken house in the Black Country, West Midlands in England. Travelling to the Black Nation in the very early 1700s, they have established a solid home, controlled by middle child of the Earlston three siblings, Lord Dale.
