Found West Wemyss, Fife
I am informed that this could be both a cat and a dog paw print.
The top is most likely a cat as the claws are retracted.
The bottom is most likely to be a dog as you can see the claws – dogs cannot retract their claws.
Now, I envisage the brickworks cat,employed to keep the mice levels down, being chased by the brick moulders dog across the top of the ‘green’ bricks which had just been laid out to dry.
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Found on the old site of the Atlas and Etna Brickworks, Armadale, West Lothian. Unmarked brick with cat paw prints. There may be another 2 paw prints on the brick but I am not certain so I have not marked them. Unidentified maker. Find location would suggest Scottish origins but … Could the central circular…
Found in Kilwinning, Ayrshire Prestongrange Brick, Tile and Fireclay Works, Prestonpans, East Lothian Complete with what looks like the paw prints of a kitten on one edge of the brick. . . . .
Garrabost Brick & Tile Works, Garrabost, Isle of Lewis The following brick was found during excavations at Lewis Castle, Isle of Lewis by James Campbell who thereafter kindly donated it to the collection. The brick depicts possible dog paw prints. It is believed to have been made at the Claypark brickworks and is a precursor…
The following bricks were found during excavations at Lewis Castle, Isle of Lewis by James Crawford. The bricks below show possible dog and cat paw prints. They are believed to have been made at the Claypark brickworks and are precursors to the bricks later marked ‘Lews’ These bricks appear to have been leftover on completion…
