1
Edward VII postbox, East End, Earlston
Postbox No. TD4 33.
Image: © JThomas
Taken: 7 Sep 2017
0.02 miles
2
Bridges over the Turfford Burn, Earlston
On the minor road to Georgefield. The footbridge looks recent, and was probably built to improve pedestrian access to the new High School a short way back up this road.
Image: © Jim Barton
Taken: 7 Oct 2016
0.03 miles
3
The east side of Earlston
Viewed from the northeast end of White Hill with the school playing field in the foreground.
Image: © Walter Baxter
Taken: 8 Mar 2009
0.06 miles
4
The Turfford Burn flowing through Earlston
Rising only a few miles to the east at Fans Loanhead, the burn drains in to the nearby Leader Water. To the right background is the now closed old Earlston High School while even further right is the primary school.
Image: © James Denham
Taken: 23 Mar 2013
0.07 miles
5
An old headstone in Earlston Parish Churchyard
This old stone is dated 1721 and displays emblems of mortality in the form of the Sexton's tools of spade and turf cutter, a skull with crossed bones and an hourglass. It is thought that when the hourglass is horizontal it indicates that time has ran out for the departed, but when it is upright it indicates time is running out for the passer-by. The flower is a symbol of immortality and the winged soul above is a symbol of the immortality of the human soul.
Image: © Walter Baxter
Taken: 28 Jun 2008
0.07 miles
6
Earlston Parish Church of Scotland
Image: © Walter Baxter
Taken: 3 Sep 2006
0.08 miles
7
A symbolic gravestone at Earlston Parish Churchyard
Faint traces of a winged soul, a symbol of immortality, can be made out at the head of the stone, and the open book is often regarded as the bible to show religious devotion. The scales can either be the emblem of a merchant or represent the weighing of the soul on the Day of Judgement. I’d probably go for a merchant here as some kind of implement is below the scales. Unfortunately, the inscription has weathered badly.
Image: © Walter Baxter
Taken: 28 Jan 2024
0.08 miles
8
Earlston Parish Churchyard
Some of the memorials such as the symbolic stone in the foreground date back to the 18th century.
Image: © Walter Baxter
Taken: 28 Jun 2008
0.08 miles
9
Earlston parish church
Image: © Alan Reid
Taken: 16 Jul 2016
0.09 miles
10
A collared dove (Streptopelia decaoto)
This bird was resting on a headstone in Earlston Parish Churchyard.
Image: © Walter Baxter
Taken: 14 May 2014
0.09 miles