Found in Glenboig.
Gartverrie Fireclay Works, Glenboig.
The fireclay mine near Gartverrie was called Ramoan or Rawmoan.
I imagine ‘Roman’ is a variation of the above.
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Gartverrie Roman
The following bricks are in the possession of Brian Latter. Brian started collecting bricks in the 1960s. He lives in Geelong, Victoria, Australia. He found many of his bricks while scuba diving in and around Corio Bay. . . . . Below – This is a photograph as forwarded by Brian. It shows bricks stamped…
The following partial Scottish bricks were found by Caroline Small on the shores at the Port of Geelong, Victoria, Australia. . . . . Below – ‘Gartverie or Gartverrie’ – Gartverrie Fireclay Works, Glenboig. Below – Allan and Mann, Govan Patent, Glasgow’ – Allan & Mann, Port Eglinton, Glasgow Alternative brickworks include: Rutherglen Pottery, Glasgow….
There are countless references to brick and tile prices within individual pages on my website but the articles recorded here are more generic in nature. 01/01/1824 – The Scots Magazine – Glasgow. There have been a great many additions built to the old cotton mills at Glasgow, this summer, besides the new ones erected in…
Found by Tucker Kennedy at Port Glasgow, Glasgow. I am reliably informed by members of the Glenboig community that this is a Gartverrie brick (GV). The same shortcut with regards the name us used in Garnqueen, Glenboig (GQ). It is a poor quality cement building brick with what looks like, a high sand content. They…
Found in Glenboig. I am reliably informed by members of the Glenboig community that this is a Gartverrie brick (GV). The same shortcut with regards the name us used in Garnqueen, Glenboig (GQ). It is a poor quality cement building brick with what looks like, a high sand content. They state they were a ‘nightmare’…
Below – 25/05/1886 – The Scotsman – The International Exhibition Edinburgh – Granolithic is a form of high-grade concrete ‘invented’ by Stuart and Co, Edinburgh. Note the reference to Prestongrange Coal and Fire Brick Company, Glenboig Fire Clay Company, Garterrie (Gartverrie) Fireclay Company, James Dougall & Sons Bonnybridge, James Brown Glasgow, Robert Brown & Son…
Gartverrie Brickworks, Glenboig, Coatbridge, North Lanarkshire aka Gartverie. Canmore 12/01/1855 – Glasgow Herald – Royal Patriotic Fund, Lanarkshire – John McDonald, Gartverrie Brickworks £1. 10/06/1856 – Inverness Courier – 19/06/1856 – Deaths – At Bridge of Allan on the 10th inst, Mr John MacDonald of Gartverie Fire Clay Works. 25/06/1856 – Glasgow Herald – Notice…
Found at Dumbarton by DH. Note the thumb print above the ‘RIE’ Gartverrie Fireclay Works, Glenboig. . . .
Found flytipping pile, Glenboig This example is spelt with a single ‘R’ – why? Note the thumb print to bottom left. Gartverrie Fireclay Works, Glenboig, Lanarkshire. . . .
