Gartcraig Glasgow
— 22/05/2014Found Newcraighall, Edinburgh Gartcraig Fire Clay Works, By Millerston, Glasgow Chamfered corner. . . . Below – The same stamp on a shaped brick found in Glasgow.
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Gartcraig Patent Glasgow
— 22/05/2014Found Newcraighall, Edinburgh Gartcraig Fire Clay Works, By Millerston, Glasgow . . . . Below – The same stamp found on a slightly smaller brick and a shallower frog. The composition of the brick appears inferior to the brick above. Found by Michael Fallone i the Glasgow area.
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Scottish Terracotta Co
— 22/05/2014Found Carluke. Lee Terra Cotta Works, Braidwood, Carluke, Lanarkshire. . . . Below – A blue brick. Below – A red brick. Found in Glasgow. Below -The same mark but on an oversized brick. Found in Edinburgh. This example is about 5ml wider than the example above. Below – The same mark but on a…
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McDonald Braidwood
— 22/05/2014Found Mayfield Brickworks, Carluke Meadow Brickworks, Braidwood, Lanarkshire. . . . .
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Smeaton
— 22/05/2014Found Whitrig Bog brick and Tile Works, Berwicjshire Smeaton Firebrick Works, Newfarm, Dalkeith, Midlothian. . . . . Below – The same stamp with a reveresed ‘N’ found at Gorebridge. Below – The same stamp on a red brick of a different texture to the ones above and as such this may be a Smeaton…
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SBC
— 22/05/2014Found Sanquhar. Scottish Brick Corporation. Following nationalisation of the coal industry in 1947, the National Coal Board (NCB) inherited a number of brickworks. Around 1969, saw the NCB selling off its brickworks with the Scottish Brick Corporation (SBC) taking over most of them, some 33 sites in Scotland. The SBC then started using its own…
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J Agnew Carluke
— 22/05/2014Found by George Kennedy in the Carluke area. John Agnew, brick manufacturer, Carluke. Note the reversed ‘N’. . . .
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J & M Craig (Scotland) Kilmarnock
— 22/05/2014Found at the McEwan Hall, Edinburgh. J & M Craig, Perceton Fireclay Works, Dreghorn, Ayrshire. . . . . Below – Very similar stamp found at Seafield, Edinburgh. (Note – SBH – It is uncertain if this brick has the brackets around ‘Scotland’)
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Buick & Sons Alloa
— 22/05/2014Found Seafield, Edinburgh. Buicks, Hilton Fireclay Works, Alloa. . . . . Below – A very similar stamp on a glazed bullnose example. The glaze is a very unusual pale green colour. This was found on the old Hiltons Fireclay Works site. . Below – Found at Bo’ness, Firth of Forth. Below – The same stamp…
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S & K C LTD Sanquhar
— 22/05/2014Found at Gatehouse of Fleet. Sanquhar and Kirkconnel Collieries Ltd. Sanquhar Brick and Tile Works, Sanquhar, Dumfriesshire. . . .
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Littlemill
— 22/05/2014Found Gatehouse of Fleet. Littlemill Colliery and Brickworks, Rankinston. . . . . Below – The same stamp but the ‘L’ and ‘I’ are run together to form what looks like a ‘U’ and the ‘T’s look joined too. Found by Miroslaw Merta in the Dalmellington area.
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Finlay Hamilton
— 22/05/2014Found Firth of Clyde, Glasgow. Hamilton Brickworks, Hamilton, Lanarkshire. . . . .
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Garnkirk
— 22/05/2014Found Auchenheath, Lanarkshire. Garnkirk Fireclay Works, Garnkirk, Lanarkshire. . . . . Below – A similar stamp on a ‘tongue and groove’ brick found by Eddie McLean in the River Kelvin, Glasgow. Below – The right end of the brick has a groove and the left a ridge. These bricks would interlock together.
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Motherwell
— 21/05/2014Found Carluke Motherwell Brick Co. Works, Motherwell, Lanarkshire Canmore . . .
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Coltness
— 21/05/2014Found Jedburgh, Scottish Borders Mayfield Brickworks, Carluke, Lanarkshire. Alternative brickworks include: Newmains Fireclay Works, Morningside, Lanarkshire, Stepends Brickworks, Airdrie, Lanarkshire. . Below – Very similar stamp on a bullnose brick found by George Kennedy in the Carluke area. Note the upside down ‘T’ and the reversed ‘E’. Below – Similar stamp on a brick found…
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Coltness Mayfield
— 21/05/2014Found by Eddie McLean in the Glasgow area. Mayfield Brickworks, Carluke, Lanarkshire. Alternative brickworks include: Newmains Fireclay Works, Morningside, Lanarkshire, Stepends Brickworks, Airdrie, Lanarkshire. .
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M C Co
— 21/05/2014Found Auchenheath, Lanarkshire. Unidentified maker. Find location would suggest Scottish origins but … . . . Below – There is a possibility that M C Co is an English manufactured bricks as per Middleton Fireclay Co Ltd., Middleton Broom Colliery, Leeds, originally the Middleton Estate and Colliery Co. Ltd. Listed in Kelly Leeds 1906 as…
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Whistleberry
— 21/05/2014Found Newmains, Lanarkshire. Whistleberry Brickworks, Blantyre. . . . .
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Fingerprints x 5
— 21/05/2014Found Maryport, Cumbria 4 fingerprints on one side and a thumb on the other. Unidentified maker. Find location would suggest English origins…. . . .
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IV – 23 – L – B – 8 – Rd
— 20/05/2014Found Maryport, Cumbria. Unidentified mark This appears to be some sort of stable or byre block for the flooring. It is 2″ thick From top clockwise to middle it appears to say – IV – 23 – L – B – 8 – Rd. This is a ‘diamond mark’ – The diamond mark, found on the…
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Auchlochan
— 20/05/2014Found Jedburgh, Scottish Borders. Auchlochan Collieries Ltd and Brickworks, Auchlochan, Lanarkshire. . . . .
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