Earlston is a civil parish and also market town in the area of Berwickshire, within the Scottish Borders. It gets on the River Leader in Lauderdale, Scotland. Earlston was initially 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 ft for which it was named. It is additionally said to be feasible to construct the remains of the cave-dwellings of the Votadini, the tribal confederation in this part of Scotland. In the 12th and 13th centuries the Lindsays as well as the Earls of March as well as Dunbar were the chief baronial family members. Likewise of historical interest is the ivy-clad mess up of the Rhymer's Tower, a keep said to date from as very early as the 13th century. It is the traditional home of Thomas Learmonth, commonly called Thomas of Ercildoune, or Thomas the Rhymer, poet, prophet, and fabulous pal of the Elves, that was birthed below concerning 1225, most likely in a small house which preceded the later Tower-house. Citizens of early Earlston (Earlstons) have considering that spread far away, with some travelling to the USA of America in the early 1800s. Yet the huge bulk of Earlstons (last name) have taken house in the Black Country, West Midlands in England. Taking a trip to the Black Country in the early 1700s, they have established a strong house, regulated by middle child of the Earlston three siblings, Lord Dale.