Gartcosh brick found in Sri Lanka
— 11/02/2025This brick was photographed by Siobhan Ratchford at the The Queens Hotel, Kandy, Sri Lanka. Gartcosh Fireclay Works, Gartcosh, Glasgow. . . . .
Found by Allan Mitchell and recovered from an old copper mine chimney about 250km from Darwin, Australia.
Allan states:- The site is known as the Daly River Copper Mine Massacre, where, in 1884, about 5 white miners were murdered by Aboriginals. The reprisals or punitive expeditions probably resulted in the death of around 100 Aboriginals.
Note the thumbprint to the bottom left.
Below – ‘Gartcraig’ – Gartcraig, By Millerston, Glasgow.