Scotland's Brick and Tile Manufacturing Industry

Found by Ginger Benn at an unknown location in England. Edward VII Coronation June 1902. This paver will have been manufactured at an unidentified brickworks in England. . . . .

Found by Ian Suddaby in the Dunfermline area. This example is not in my possession. This is a paver or byre block. Lochhead Fireclay Works, Dunfermline, Fife. . .

Found by ‘Crossgates Hearts Fc’ in the Blairadam Woods, Kelty, Fife. I am not in possession of this example. ‘Appin’ to front. ‘VIII’ to rear. Appin Brickworks, Townhill, Dunfermline. . .

Found by ‘Crossgates Hearts Fc’ in the Blairadam Woods, Kelty, Fife. I am not in possession of this example. ‘Appin’ to front. ‘X’ to rear. Appin Brickworks, Townhill, Dunfermline. . .

Kingseat Hill Brickworks, Kingseat, Dunfermline, Fife. (Note – SBH – Were these brickworks one of the same with the Townhill Brickworks or were they situated nearby. Please read this page in conjunction with the Townhill Brickworks). 21/02/1829 – Edinburgh Evening Courant – For sale, the following properties belonging to the town of Dunfermline … the…

Photographed in a garden in Edinburgh by Ian Suddaby. Street Brothers, Appin Coal and Fire Clay Works, Townhill, Dunfermline  – Fire clay – J.S. Street, Manager This product was probably manufactured at their Cruicks Pottery and Terracotta Works, Inverkeithing, Fife. . . . .  

Found by Simon Scott in the Kilmarnock area. This is a byre or stable paver. J & M Craig, Perceton Fireclay Works, Dreghorn, Ayrshire. . . . .  

Found by Drew Mitchell in the Fife area. This brick came from an internal, original wall of Drews house and is therefore dated 1892 as per the house build. Appin Brickworks, Townhill, Dunfermline. . . . .

Found by Gregor Helm just northeast of Townhill, Fife. This example is not in my possession. Manufactured either by the Appin Brickworks, Townhill, Dunfermline or the Lilliehill Fire-clay Works, Townhill, Dunfermline. (Note – SBH – The find location is nearer Lilliehill but …). Below – The same stamp on a red coloured brick. Found by…

(Note – SBH – There is some confusion regarding bricks stamped AFTON with regards their exact origins. There was the Afton Brick and Tile Works at New Cumnock, the owners of which opened a brickworks at Sanquhar in 1852 and then much later there was the Afton Brick Company Limited which operated the brickworks at…