Found by Michael Fallone in the Glasgow area.
R & J Moyes Gartnavel.
R. & J. Moyes, 248 West George Street, Glasgow. They also acted as ‘quarrymasters and brickmakers’, latterly extracting stone at Gartnavel, on the city’s western edge
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Below – The same stamp on a brick with a hobnail bootprint on a stretcher side. Also found in Glasgow.
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Found by Ian Suddaby at the site of the old Hilton Brickworks, Alloa. This example is not in my possession. The manufacturer is unknown but there is every chance it was manufactured at the Hilton Works. Ian states – It looks like somebody trod on it whilst it was drying and split the fabric. It’s also…
Gartnavel Brickworks, Gartnavel, Glasgow. R & J Moyes, 248 West George Street, Glasgow. Below – 1858 – Gartnavel (Note – SBH – I have been unable to pinpoint the position of the brickworks but I suspect they were situated somewhere between the Great Western Road and the Gartnavel Asylum). 29/08/1859 – Glasgow Herald – To…
Found in flytipping at Stein Manuel Works, Whitecross. Found alongside some very old bricks – Garnkirk, Inverkeithing F & S Hobnailed boot print. No other markings. . .
Found Granton, Firth of Forth Brick was markless but this looks like a hobnail boot print on the side. Left in situ . . .
Found Leadhills Rochsolloch Fire Clay Works, Coatdyke, Coatbridge, Lanarkshire. . . . . Below – This example found by Stevie Pattison in Paisley area with hobnail boot print. Below – The same stamp on a shaped brick. Found by Michael Fallone in the Glasgow area.
