Gartcraig Scotland No 1 brick found in Quebec, Canada
— 21/08/2017Found by Jean Belanger on the shore of Pohenegamook lake in the province of Quebec, Canada. Pohenegamook is…
01/06/2023 - All appears well.
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Found by Jean Belanger on the shore of Pohenegamook lake in the province of Quebec, Canada. Pohenegamook is…
The Woolgar Goldfields Industrial Archaeology of Capitalism 1879-1939 by Victor Jean Taylor. Chillagoe, Queensland, Australia. The forerunner…
Found by Lorna Beecroft. Lorna states ” We found a Gartcraig brick today when we were cleaning…
These examples were pictured in Barbados along with a good handful of other Scottish bricks. – Glenboig, Glenboig…
Found by Karen Prytula in Quebec, Canada. Karen states:- The forest is near Lake Dumont, Quebec. This…
This brick is in the possession of Chris Tramacchi. It was found in Nerrdrie, Queensland, Australia. Note…
Found by Yury Kusmichev in St Petersburg, Russia. This is apparently the second such example to be…
Found by Rish Ramoutar during excavating foundations for a house in the Aranguez District, Trinidad. Gartcraig Fire Clay…
The following bricks are depicted in a book written by Warwick Gemmell and entitled – “And so…
Found by Stephen Cann on the shores of the Bay of Fundy in Saint John NB Canada….
This brick is in the possession of Leslie White and was found in the Hawkesbury (NSW) region…
This brick forms a set of steps at a house owned by Margaret Lesjak at Broken Hill,…
Overseas stockists for Scottish bricks – export and import. . . . . Below – 16/10/1844 –…
Scottish bricks found by Enrique Kunz on the banks of the River ‘de la Plata’, in Buenos…
It was found by Pauline Godbout Santerre on a beach in, Canada. . . . . Below…
1855 – 1857 – Damhead Tileworks. This tilework is on the farm of Damhead hence the name….
(Note – SBH – Is this the same Robert Brand who ran brickworks in the Coatbridge area…
06/12/1851 – Glasgow Gazette – Tile and Brick Work in Lanarkshire to let. The tile and brick work…
Canmore Below – Glasgow Iron and Steel Co – Source Glasgow Iron and Steel Co of Wishaw –…
Soutra kiln and claypit, Soutra Mill, Midlothian. Below – 1853 – Soutra kiln and claypit. Below – 1894…
Fordel or Fordell Brick and Tile Works, St Davids Harbour, Fife. Canmore Many thanks to George Liddle…
Below – 28/08/1828 – Caledonian Mercury – Muirhouse Estate situated between Granton and Lauriston to feu ……
Hugh Symington, Brick and Tile Maker, Sweethills and Kipps, Coatbridge. Kipps Quarry & Brickworks, Coatbridge, Lanarkshire. Alternative…
Little seems to be available on the internet regarding the actual Lumphinnans Brickworks which were situated adjacent…
The brickworks were situated on the south-east side of the ironworks. They supplied fireclay bricks for the…
Foundry Open Brickworks, Gallowgate, Glasgow aka Whitevale Brickfield. 1825 – 1826 – George Johnston, brick and tile…
27/02/1856 – Glasgow Herald – To brick and tile makers – For sale, an iron pug mill…
Scottish Oils Limited Brick and Tile Works, Pumpherston, West Lothian and Dalmeny Brickworks. (Note – SBH –…
Craigton Brickworks, Paisley Road, Glasgow. (Note – SBH – A Robert Johnston operated the Craigton Brickworks and…
It is believed the Cowdenbeath Brickworks were part of the Cowdenbeath Coal Company empire and in particular,…
Mauchline Brickworks, Mauchline, East Ayrshire. National Railway Museum inventory. Selwyn Pearce Higgins Archive. Contents … PSH/8/21 Notes…
Red clay building ricks marked ‘Beardmore Patent’ can be found in and around the Glasgow area. I…
Errol Brick and Tile Works, Inchcoonans, Perthshire aka Falla Brick and Tile Works, Carse of Gowrie, Errol,…
Newbyth Tileworks, Newbyth, East Lothian (Note – SBH – These may well have been known as Tynninghame…
Caradale Brick Ltd, Etna Works, Lower Bathville, Armadale, West Lothian. Previous Names – Glasgow Iron and Steel…
Found by Ian Suddaby on Shetland. This example is not in my possession. Errol Brick and Tile…
Found by Ian Suddaby in the Fife area. This example is not in my possession. Errol Brick…
Found by Eddie Mclean in the Glasgow area. Buccleuch Terra Cotta Works, Sanquhar, Dumfriesshire. (N.B – stands…
The following spigot and socket clay water pipes were kindly donated by Dave Walsh. These clay pipes…
Found in the Broughty Ferry area and in the possession of Brian White. This example is not…
Found by Ian Suddaby in Ayrshire, This example is not in my possession. A section of salt-glazed…
Russell Roof Tiles 11/06/1987 – Galloway News – The Annandale Tile Co (1986) Ltd manufacturers of quality…
Found by Ian Suddaby. These examples are not in my possession. They are made from cement/concrete, not…
These are in the possession of Ian Suddaby and were found in the Alloa area. Unidentified manufacturer…
Found by John Philip at Drybridge, Buckie. I am not in possession of this example. Errol Brick…
Found in a reclamation yard in Blackburn, Aberdeenshire by Ian Suddaby. It was left in situ as…
Found by Stephen Young in the Edinburgh area. This example is not in my possession. Ridge tiles….
It appears that as a space-saving mechanism inside kilns, drainage tiles were stacked inside each other during…
Found by Ian Suddaby in the Midlothian area. This example is not in my possession. Gartcraig Fire…
This urn was photographed by Ian Suddaby at an Edinburgh salvage yard. This example is not in…
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If anyone knows the whereabouts of a Drongan marked brick, I would love to hear from them.
I believe they were manufactured at the Drongan Castle Colliery, Drongan, Ayrshire.
Please get in touch if you can assist with an example for this Scottish brick collection
Information is requested on the Blackpots Brick and Tile works, Whitehills, Banff.
I have a roof tile marked Blackpots but as yet a similarly marked brick evades me. Any information on to the whereabouts of such a brick will be gratefully received. Finding such a brick would be a fantastic boost to my Scottish brick collection.
I would also love to hear from anyone that has information on the Blackpots works. Did your relatives work there? Do you have any photographs or headed notepaper bearing the Blackpots name?
Information of any description is requested with regards the Terregles brick and tile works, Terregles near Dumfries. In particular, I would be interested in knowing if anyone has a marked brick or tile from the works.
From an entry on Scotlandplaces and an old OS map, the works were certainly in operation between 1848 and 1850 when they were owned by M.C Maxwell Esq of Terregles.
I am currently researching these works but the information is scant.
Please click on the following link to see the article with the information gleaned so far.
I am seeking an example of a "John McKnight & Son PLAN Kilmarnock" brick.
Anyone with any information on these brickworks or indeed with knowledge where I may pick an intact brick up for the collection, can contact me via the contact form on this site or directly by email to brickmarks@gmail.com
Any information on these works would be greatly appreciated.
I believe these Greenhill bricks were manufactured at the Greenhill Fireclay Works, Bonnybridge.
The works appear to have started c. 1860 when Alexander and John Scott owned the farm and brickworks at Clayknowes, Bonnybridge.
The bricks were all found in the vicinity of the Greenhill Fireclay Works, Bonnybridge, Scotland. Letters are missing, reversed, upside down and angled. The one thing to note is that the letters are in the correct order as such albeit some are missing. They are all fire bricks. The 'Greenhills' bottom left appear to be a later version and the 'G' appears out of character from the other letters but at least it says, Greenhill! There are other stamps available from the same works with either a smaller font or later machine stamped versions but the names are complete on those.
My own thoughts are that this was a brickworks on its last legs prior to being taken over by the Clayknowes brickworks. As such the moulds appear to have been falling to bits especially the stamp in the bottom. They probably could not afford a mould maker or joiner so the moulder probably had to repair the stamp every morning and try to get the letters to stay in place. Perhaps they were split and could not take a nail to secure them. He appears to know how Greenhill is spelt as no letters are out of order. Basically, I think the moulds were in such a bad state that the moulder was happy if he managed to rig the stamp to say resemble anything that looked like Greenhill.
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Aberdonian assistance sought!
Any information as to where to find any bricks manufactured in the Aberdeen area would be gratefully appreciated. I have several bricks marked 'Seaton' and 'Torry' but there will be many more out there, even if they are variations on a theme eg Seaton 5, Seaton 20
In particular, I would love to hear from anyone that has a brick or drainage tile marked Clayhills, Aberdeen.
I would love to hear from anyone who may have a spare Crail brick from Crail in Fife.
An example is currently AWOL from this Scottish National brick collection. Any information on this brick will be gratefully received.
If anyone has found a Scottish brick, anywhere in the world, then please get in touch. If it is abroad I would love to post a small article on my site with regards the overseas find location and any background information you may have
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If you have found it in Scotland then please drop me an email with the brickmark details and I will check to see if we are aware of its existence. If we are not then I will add it to this National database of Scottish brickmarks. All donations of a currently unknown Scottish brickmark will, of course, be gratefully received. I will arrange a pick-up.
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Please also send me details of where you think I should look for Scottish bricks, old brickwork sites, foundry sites, river and shore dumps, fly-tipping areas etc. All will be considered for a future visit.
Please click on the link below and see if you can assist with any of the queries or unidentified bricks - research takes a long time so any help in this area would be gratefully accepted.
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Can I take this opportunity to thank everyone who contacts me with information as to where I might find bricks lying around or indeed those that actually find and put aside a few examples for me to uplift later.
This assistance is greatly appreciated and undoubtedly helps me in trying to rescue as many Scottish bricks as possible. Thank ye kindly.
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