Scotland's Brick and Tile Manufacturing Industry

Found by Ian Suddaby in the Ravenscraig, Motherwell area. This example is not in my possession. Rawyards Brickworks, Airdrie, Lanarkshire. . . .  

Many thanks to Aysen Demirkurt for the following information. The bricks in the photograph below form a step in the “The Women’s Library and Information Centre” in Istanbul, Turkey. The photograph has been turned on its side so the brick names can be read more easily. They read from top to bottom Scotia – The…

These bricks were found by Mary Anne Andrade Douglas. They were found at her grandfather’s house at Villa Punta Delgada, San Gregorio, Magallanes, Chile. Some of Mary Anne’s ancestors came from the Falkland Islands and Inverness and Ross-shire, Scotland. . . Below – Rawyards, Glasgow – Rawyards Brickworks, Airdrie, Lanarkshire.

Many thanks to Daphne Lim for the following information and photographs. Rawyards Glasgow and Hurll bricks found in Kuching, Sarawak, Borneo. Daphne states – My name is Daphne Lim & I live in Kuching, Sarawak, Borneo.  My (maternal) great, great grandfather Mr Chan Kho was one of the founding fathers of this small town of…

Many thanks to Chantal Soucy and Jean-Marie Fallu for the following photographs. These Scottish bricks were found on the Beach of Barachois, Gaspe Peninsula, Quebec, Canada. The bricks were found near two old sawmills erected around the beginning of 1900 by the Sherbrooke Lumber Co. and the Calhoun Lumber Co. There are still remnants of…

Found in Riverton, New Zealand. The photograph and information were forwarded by Cedric Trounson. Cedric states – “Riverton is the second oldest European settlement in NZ and this brick was found where an early immigrant house had been built from maybe the 1840s. This was an early sealing and whaling settlement” . . . Below …

Glentore Fireclay Works, Greengairs, Airdrie, North Lanarkshire. These works may have been a fireclay mine as opposed to a works manufacturing products from fireclay. Many thanks to Tony Jervis for identifying these works and supplying much of the information below. This page should be read in conjunction with the Rawyards Brickworks page.  The 1936 –…

These bricks were found by Paul McCullum and his son, Sam, on the banks of the East River, New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, Canada. . . . . Below – Gartcraig – Gartcraig Fire Clay Works, By Millerston, Glasgow. . Below – Boghead, Glasgow – Boghead Fireclay Works, Bathgate, West Lothian. Below – Hurll 4 – Garnqueen Fireclay…

Found in Airdrie. Rawyards Brickworks, Airdrie, Lanarkshire . . . . .

Found near Armadale, West Lothian. I believe this brick may have been manufactured by Alexander Frew at the Rawyards Brickworks, Rawyards, Airdrie, Lanarkshire. Alternative brickworks include: Drumbathie Brickworks, Rawyards, Airdrie, Lanarkshire. See reasoning – click me .