Found by Dr.-Ing. Ralph Bodenstein, Koordination Archaeological Heritage Network (ArcHerNet) – Präsidialbereich, Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Podbielskiallee 69-71, 14195 Berlin. Dr Bodenstein states –…
September 2016 – “The highlands lime kiln – a rare survivor” The Aldmere lime kiln is situated…
This brick was found in Iceland and photographed by Halldora Blair. Gartcosh Fireclay Works and Gartcosh Silica…
Found by John Barnard at Fitzroy, Falkland Islands. Stein, Castlecary Fireclay Works, Castlecary, Stirlingshire. Stein, Manuel Firebrick…
A balustrade at Bantry House in West Cork. The balusters were made by R Brown and Son….
Many thanks to Bruce MacDonald for the following photographs which were taken at The Sunbury Plantation House,…
The brick was found in the territory of an old sugar factory near Belgorod (close to the…
Found by Jennifer MacDonald in Baddeck, Nova Scotia, Canada. Gartcraig Fire Clay Works, By Millerston, Glasgow. ….
This brick is in the possession of Elena Alexeenko. It was found near Taganrog in the Rostov…
This example was found by Gustavo Agustin Coronel in a lime kiln, Hornos Fabrica No 4 in…
This brick is in the possession of David Kickbusch. It was found at an unknown location in…
Found by Pat and Janet Railsback in the Republic of Ireland. Douglas Fireclay Works, Dalry, Ayrshire. ….
Photographed by David Bell. The bricks form part of the road surface at Roche harbour, San Juan…
Many thanks to Steve Wraith for the following information. Steve states – My family and I went…
Found by Jean Belanger on the shore of Pohenegamook lake in the province of Quebec, Canada. Pohenegamook is…
John Strachan, brick manufacturer, Fountainbridge, Edinburgh or was he solely a merchant? 16/10/1880 – The Scotsman –…
1858 – 1859 – Hugh Montgomery – Carter and brickmaker, 139 Hunter Street, Glasgow (page 198).
Brattles Tileworks, Closeburn, Dumfriesshire Below – 1856 – Brattles Tile Kiln and clay pit. 28/04/1858 – Dumfries…
1807 – 1809 – John Bell, fire brick maker, Barrack Street, Gallowgate, Glasgow and Robert Bell, brickmaker…
Canmore Below – 1858 – Scoularhall Tileworks, Carluke.
05/06/1856 – Stirling Observer – A trip to Balloch on the Forth and Clyde Junction Railway ……
Dirleton Tileworks, East Fenton, East Lothian aka Fenton Tileworks. Workers were based at East Fenton in 1841, although…
01/12/1841 – Sheffield Iris – Scotch sequestration. John Crichton, brick and tile maker, Failford, Ayrshire. 1855 –…
Williamsburgh Brick and Tile Works, Paisley, Renfrewshire. . . . 1837 – Thomson and Smith, brickmakers, Williamsburgh,…
Source Perth & Kinross Council Archive – They state … We have some letters from the Dundee…
The article that follows was compiled by a member of the Carluke Parish Historical Society. Introduction In…
The article below outline bricks for sale at Lennoxlove, Haddington. It does not refer to a brick…
Scouringburn Brick and Tile Works, Scouringburn, Dundee. There is also a reference to the Dudhope Brickfield below….
1790 – Information from Matthew Yuill, Ayrshire is that Mossneuk Tileworks were situated on Woodside Estate. It…
Shawsrigg Fireclay and Enamelling Company, Larkhall, North Lanarkshire. See also Southhook Fireclay Works, Dreghorn, Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire….
There is little doubt that James Young made bricks to construct his employee’s houses etc and also…
Cullochfauld Brickfield, 493 Duke Street, Glasgow. This may well be one of the same with the Craigpark…
(Note – SBH – Of all the Scottish bricks I ‘see’ being found on foreign shores, the…
Caradale Brick Ltd, Etna Works, Lower Bathville, Armadale, West Lothian. Previous Names – Glasgow Iron and Steel…
Newbyth Tileworks, Newbyth, East Lothian (Note – SBH – These may well have been known as Tynninghame…
Found by Ian Suddaby in Perthshire. This example is not in my possession. Errol Brick and Tile…
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…
For more photographs please Click here.
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?
Please click on the following link to see the article with the information gleaned so far.
Click here.
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.
Please click on the following link to see further information and a link to Tanyas website.
Click here.
Please click on the following link to see the article with the information gleaned so far.
Click here. 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.
There are many many bricks still to trace and rescue. I am looking for all brickmarks and variations that I do not currently possess however the following 2 are being highlighted as 'most wanted' a 'Pinkie, Musselbro' brick from East Lothian and a 'Peter Weir Patent Glasgow' brick from the Glasgow area. If you find any brickmark I do not have then I will do my utmost to uplift personally or arrange postal delivery. Many thanks for your assistance and efforts to save a little piece of Scottish history.
GLADSMUIR - GLADSMUIR - GLADSMUIR - GLADSMUIR - GLADSMUIR - GLADSMUIR - GLADSMUIR - GLADSMUIR - GLADSMUIR - GLADSMUIR - GLADSMUIR - GLADSMUIR - GLADSMUIR - GLADSMUIR - GLADSMUIR - GLADSMUIR
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
.
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.
.
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.
Thank you
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.
