Earlston, Racecourse
Racecourse (Post Medieval)
Site Name Earlston, Racecourse
Classification Racecourse (Post Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Yarlside
Canmore ID 110970
Site Number NT63NW 35
NGR NT 6125 3855
NGR Description Centred NT 6125 3855
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/110970
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Earlston
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Ettrick And Lauderdale
- Former County Berwickshire
Though long disused, Earlston Race Course is still shown on the current edition of the Ordnance Survey 1:10000 map. On the 1st edition of the Ordnance Survey 6-inch map of Berwickshire, surveyed in 1871, the site was even known as the 'Old Race Course', indicating that it was of some antiquity.
In Britain, the first recorded horse races date to the late seventeenth century. These appear to have been informal arrangements made between individual owners, and it was not until well into the eighteenth century that horse racing became truly established as an organised sport.
Text prepared by RCAHMS as part of the Accessing Scotland's Past project
NT63NW 35 6125 3855
Old Race Course [NAT]
OS 1:10000 map, 1993
Earlston racecourse, which is now disused, is depicted as an 'Old Race Course' on the latest edition of the OS map to the W of Yarlside farm.
Information from RCAHMS (DE) November 1996.
Sbc Note
Visibility: Unknown. The state of preservation of this structure or monument is unknown.
Information from Scottish Borders Council.
