Scotland's Brick and Tile Manufacturing Industry

Found by Alan Robertson and Nikki Seats in the Alloa area. Alloa Coal Co Ltd – Meta Brickworks, Fishcross, Clackmannanshire. . . . .

Meta Brickworks Fishcross, Clackmannanshire aka Old Sauchie Tower Brickworks. Canmore Info from Andrew Wood – The META coal mine, brickwork & briquetting plant was named after Meta Mary Graham Mitchell. She was the mother of the Managing Director of the Alloa Coal Company, Sir Harold Paton Mitchell. After the mine was nationalised in 1947, the…

Found in Alloa. Probably manufactured by the Alloa Coal Co Ltd at the Meta Brickworks. . . . .

Found by Andrew Wood in the Stirlingshire area. Alloa Coal Co Ltd – Meta Brickworks, Fishcross, Clackmannanshire. . . . .    

Found Firth of Forth, Limekilns. Alloa Brick & Tile Works, Craigward, Clackmannanshire or possibly manufactured by the Alloa Coal Co Ltd at the Meta Brickworks. . . . . Below – The same brickmark but on a red brick with a square-ended frog. It was found in Alva, Clackmannanshire. Below – The same brickmark but…

Found in Alva, Clackmannanshire. Meta Brickworks, Fishcross, Clackmannanshire. The lettering on this example is 10ml high. . . .