• Rawyards

    Found at Bo’ness, Firth of Forth. Rawyards Brickworks, Airdrie, Lanarkshire. . . . . Below – The same stamp on a bullnose brick. Found by Stuart Malcolm in the Glasgow area.  

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  • Kingseat

    Found North shore of Firth of Forth. Kingseat Colliery, Kingseat, Dunfermline. . . . .

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  • Alloa

    Found by Gordon Wyle in Alva. Alloa Brick & Tile Works, Alloa, Clackmannanshire. . . . .  

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  • A. Bald Alloa

    Found North shore, Firth of Forth. Alloa Brick & Tile Works, Alloa, Clackmannanshire. . . . .  

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  • Heathfield

    Found Bo’ness, Firth of Forth. Heathfield Fireclay Works, Garnkirk. Note thumb print to top right. . . .

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  • 20 125

    Found Bo’ness Firth of Forth. Fire brick of unknown origins. Maker unknown. Find location would suggest Scottish origins but…. . .  

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  • Arniston 1868

    Found in 19th century greenhouse base, Crailing, Jedburgh. Arniston Coal, Lime & Brick Works, Gorebridge, Midlothian. . . . . Below – A red clay brick with a similar stamp found by Roddy MacLeod in the Galashiels area. Below – A similar stamp on a red brick found at the old Arniston Colliery.

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  • Hill of Beath

    Found North shore of Firth of Forth. Hill of Beath Fireclay Works, Hill of Beath, Fife. . . . . Below – The same stamp on a brick with a slotted section through the right margin. (Note – SBH – The reason for this slot is still not known). Found by George Hunter in Fife….

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  • NCB P-Grange

    Found Jedburgh, Scottish Borders. Prestongrange Brick, Tile and Fireclay Works, Prestonpans, East Lothian. . . . .  

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  • Craigend

    Found at Bo’ness, Firth of Forth. Craigend Brick and Tile Works, Muiravonside, Stirlingshire. . . . . .

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  • Kennet

    Found at Bo’ness, Firth of Forth. Brucefield Brickworks, Kennet, Clackmannanshire. . . . . .

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  • Callendar

    Found at Drum Farm, Bonnybridge. Callendar Brick And Fireclay Works, Glen Works, Glen Village, Falkirk, Stirlingshire. . . . . Below – The same stamp on a slightly different sized brick. Found Manuel Works, Whitecross. Below – The same stamp on a slightly deeper frog. Note the reversed ‘D’. Found by Eddie McLean in the…

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  • Afton

    Found at the Avonbridge / Afton Brick Works, Avonbridge. Afton Brick Co Ltd, Avonbridge / Afton Brick Works, Avonbridge. . . . .

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  • Gartshore

    Found on Bo’ness Firth of Forth. Gartshore Brickworks, Twechar, Kilsyth. . . . .

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  • Caledonian

    Found on Bo’ness Firth of Forth. Newmains Brickworks, Morningside, Lanarkshire Alternative brickworks include: Kelty Brickworks, Fife. Hamilton Brickworks, Hamilton, Lanarkshire. Mayfield Brickworks, Carluke, Lanarkshire. (Note – SBH – this particular brick was probably made at Mayfield, Carluke).  

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  • Sankey BM Scotch

    Found on Bo’ness Firth of Forth. J H Sankey & Son, Essex Wharf, Canning Town, London. This may be a Scottish product. A collaboration between Castlecary Fireclay & Lime Works, Castlecary and Sankey hence the Scotch reference.  Please see this link for my reasons – click me. . .

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  • Sankey BM Scotch

    Found at Roughcastle fire clay works, Bonnybridge. J H Sankey & Son, Essex Wharf, Canning Town, London. This may be a Scottish product. A collaboration between Castlecary Fireclay & Lime Works, Castlecary and Sankey hence the Scotch reference.  Please see this link for my reasons – click me. . . Below – Very similar brickmark…

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  • Cumbernauld

    Found on Bo’ness Firth of Forth Cumbernauld Fireclay Works, Cumbernauld, Lanarkshire. . . . .

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  • Hyslop

    Found Gartliston Works, Glenboig. Airdrie House Brickworks, Airdrie, Lanarkshire. Alternative brickworks include: Kipps, Coatbridge, Lanarkshire. . .    

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  • Glenyards

    Found Bo’ness, Firth of Forth. Note the thumbprint to top right. Glenyards Fireclay Works, Glenyards, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire. . . . . Below – A very similar stamp on a shaped brick found in the Glasgow area by Eddie Mclean.  

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  • C

    Found on Bo’ness Firth of Forth. Commondyke Brickworks, Common, near Auchinleck, Ayrshire. . . . .  

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  • Westfield

    Found Manuel Works, Whitecross –  (looked like part of an ancillary building on edge of the works) Craigrigg Brickworks, Westfield, West Lothian. . . . .  

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  • Bonnybridge Brand

    Found Bonnybridge. Bonnybridge Silica & Fireclay Brickworks, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire. . . . . Below – Virtually the same stamp on a wedge shaped example found at Drum Farm, Bonnybridge

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  • Glenrig

    Found on Bo’ness Firth of Forth. Callendar Brick & Fireclay Co Ltd, Glen Works, Glen Village, Falkirk. No information found on this brickmark but Callendar Colliery was also known as the Glenrig Mine and was associated with the Callendar Brick & Fireclay Co Ltd, so it seems reasonable that the GLENRIG brickmark may have originated…

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  • Dewar

    Found by Tam Moffet in Fife. Drumpark Brickworks, Bargeddie, Glasgow, Lanarkshire. There appears to be no frog as such. The round-ended mark is likely just to be the mark left by the stamp plate. . . . Below – A similar stamp on a brick found by Andrew Wood in the Fife area. Not the…

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  • J G Stein & Co Denny

    Found at Stein Castlecary Works, Castlecary. Stein, Castlecary Fireclay Works, Castlecary, Stirlingshire. Stein, Manuel Firebrick and Refractory Works, Whitecross, Stirlingshire. Stein & Co, Anchor Brickworks, Denny, Stirlingshire. Milnquarter Fireclay & Gannister Works, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire . Below – The same stamp on a bullnose version found by Gordon Wyle in Alloa. Below – The stamp is…

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  • Stein Ladle

    Found Manuel Works, Whitecross. Stein, Castlecary Fireclay Works, Castlecary, Stirlingshire. Stein, Manuel Firebrick and Refractory Works, Whitecross, Stirlingshire. Stein & Co, Anchor Brickworks, Denny, Stirlingshire. Milnquarter Fireclay & Gannister Works, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire. . Below – a similar stamp found by Gordon Wyle at Manuel Works, Whitecross. The lettering has a slightly differen spacing and there…

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  • Myrtle

    Found Manuel Works, Whitecross. Stein, Castlecary Fireclay Works, Castlecary, Stirlingshire. Stein, Manuel Firebrick and Refractory Works, Whitecross, Stirlingshire. Stein & Co, Anchor Brickworks, Denny, Stirlingshire. Milnquarter Fireclay & Gannister Works, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire This looks like a ‘normal’ firebrick, unlike the ususal stamped Myrtle bricks which are silica based. Below – The same stamp on a…

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  • Thistle

    Found Manuel Works, Whitecross Stein, Castlecary Fireclay Works, Castlecary, Stirlingshire. Stein, Manuel Firebrick and Refractory Works, Whitecross, Stirlingshire. Stein & Co, Anchor Brickworks, Denny, Stirlingshire. Milnquarter Fireclay & Gannister Works, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire. .      

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  • Thistle X

    Found Manuel Works, Whitecross. Stein, Castlecary Fireclay Works, Castlecary, Stirlingshire. Stein, Manuel Firebrick and Refractory Works, Whitecross, Stirlingshire. Stein & Co, Anchor Brickworks, Denny, Stirlingshire. Milnquarter Fireclay & Gannister Works, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire Note the ‘Square’ to the far left. . Below – Very similar stamp on a brick found in Barrow in Furness by Richard…

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