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. . . . .
Many thanks to Bruce MacDonald for the following photographs which were taken at The Sunbury Plantation House, St Philip Parish Barbados.
All the bricks present were fire bricks and included English manufacturers such as Ruffors of Stourbridge, Cowen of Newcastle and Duddell of Fenton.
90% of the bricks present appear to have been stamped ‘Glenboig’.
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Below – Calder
Bonnybridge Silica & Fireclay Co Ltd, Bonnybridge.
Calder Firebrick Works, Airdrie, Lanarkshire.
Chapelhall Works, Lanarkshire.
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Below – Bonnybridge Brand
Bonnybridge Silica & Fireclay Co Ltd, Bonnybridge.
Below – Castlecary
Castlecary Fireclay & Lime Works, Castlecary, Stirlingshire
Below – Gem
Castlecary Fireclay & Lime Works, Castlecary, Stirlingshire
Below – Etna
Etna Brickworks, Armadale, West Lothian.
Alternative brickworks include:
Below – Gartcraig
Gartcraig Fire Clay Works, By Millerston, Glasgow.
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J H Sankey & Son, Essex Wharf, Canning Town, London.
This may be a Scottish product. A collaboration between Castlecary Fireclay & Lime Works, Castlecary hence the Scotch reference. Please see this link for my reasons – click me.
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Below – Glenboig A1 and B Glenboig.
Glenboig Union Fireclay Company, Glenboig, Lanarkshire.
Alternative brickworks include:
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Below – Ignis
J & R Howie Ltd, Hurlford, Kilmarnock.
Below – Nettle and Thistle
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This brick was photographed by Siobhan Ratchford at the The Queens Hotel, Kandy, Sri Lanka. Gartcosh Fireclay Works, Gartcosh, Glasgow. . . . .
Found by Renee-Gabrielle Boucher in Edmundston, New Brunswick, Canada. Stein, Castlecary Fireclay Works, Castlecary, Stirlingshire. Stein, Manuel Firebrick and Refractory Works, Whitecross, Stirlingshire. Stein & Co, Anchor Brickworks, Denny, Stirlingshire. Milnquarter Fireclay & Gannister Works, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire. .
The following Scottish bricks were part of a collection owned by Ian Sneddon, New South Wales, Australia. They were all found at various unknown locations in Australia. . . . . Below – Caledonia – Caledonia Fireclay works, Paisley, Renfrewshire. Below – Gartcraig – Gartcraig Fire Clay Works, By Millerston, Glasgow. Below – Inverkeithing F &…
Found by Elizabeth Flaherty at Scone, New South Wales. Australia. Heathfield Fireclay Works, Garnkirk. . . . .
Thank you to Razec Egroj for sending the photo. Glenboig Union Fireclay Company, Glenboig, Lanarkshire. Alternative brickworks include: Glenboig Star Fireclay Works, Glenboig, Lanarkshire. Glenboig Fireclay Works, (Old Works) Glenboig, Lanarkshire .
Found by Ian Suddaby at the old Manuel Brickworks, Whitecross. This example is not in my possession. Stein, Castlecary Fireclay Works, Castlecary, Stirlingshire. Stein, Manuel Firebrick and Refractory Works, Whitecross, Stirlingshire. Stein & Co, Anchor Brickworks, Denny, Stirlingshire. Milnquarter Fireclay & Gannister Works, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire. . .
Found by Bill Duff in the Grangemouth area. This example is not in my possession. This fire brick is stamped on both sides. Forth – Roughcastle Firebrick Works, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire. This is a link for a connection between Castlecary and Sankey but with this brick it appears there was also a similar connection between Forth…
This brick is in the possession of Kent Murray and a label attached to it states ‘The Adolphus William Copper Mine 1870 – 1879? It is a fireclay circle brick and shows some lovely ‘kiss marks’. Cumbernauld Fireclay Works, Cumbernauld, Lanarkshire. . . .
Found by Alexey Oleksii on the site of an old sugar refinery in Ukraine. Sumy Refinery. Former Krasnozvezdensky Refinery, former Pavlovsky Refinery. It was built by the famous sugar manufacturer Ivan Kharitonenko in 1869 and named Pavlovsky in honor of his son Pavel. In Soviet times, it was renamed Krasnozvezdinsky (KRZ) and until the collapse…
Found by Ian Suddaby at the old Manuel Brickworks, Whitecross. Left in situ. Stein, Castlecary Fireclay Works, Castlecary, Stirlingshire. Stein, Manuel Firebrick and Refractory Works, Whitecross, Stirlingshire. Stein & Co, Anchor Brickworks, Denny, Stirlingshire. Milnquarter Fireclay & Gannister Works, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire.