Found by Eddie McLean in the Glasgow area.
Southhook Fireclay Works, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire.
Ian Suddaby states – Electricity cable covers are almost always interlocking in one way or another and are usually slightly convex on top and flat on the base. 9″ x 4½” x 2½”. The channel is 3″ wide and 1½” deep. It might well be that covers which are brick-sized and have a moulded channel cut into the base for the cable are the earliest type and date to the first decades of the 20th Century at the latest. This one was made at Southhook Fireclay Works in Kilmarnock and the NB means North Britain. NB was used widely for postal addresses in the 19th Century but declined rapidly in the early 20th Century. None of these have been found before and the firing markings are lovely too.
(Note – SBH – There is a small possibility that this may also have been used as a gutter block for taking flows of surface water although these would usually be expected to be salt-glazed and at 1½” deep it would not carry much water).
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Below – Another example found by Ian Suddaby
This example is not in my possession.
Southhook Fireclay Works, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire.
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Found by Eddie McLean in the Glasgow area. Southhook Fireclay Works, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire. Alternative brickworks include: Southhook Potteries, Bonnyton, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire. Southhook Fireclay Works, Dreghorn, Ayrshire. .
Found by Eddie Mclean in the Glasgow area. Buccleuch Terra Cotta Works, Sanquhar, Dumfriesshire. (N.B – stands for North Britain – postal abbreviation of the day). This is believed to be an electric cable cover or a land surface gulley for directing water flow. , , . . .
Found in the Barlinnie, Glasgow area. This appears to be an cover to lay over electricty cables inorder to protect them and identify their existence to anyone digging on top of them at a future dtae. The manufacturer is unknown. The find location would suggest Scottish origins but … . . . . .
Found by Eddie McLean in the Glasgow area. This is an electric cable cover. The cover is virtually complete with the lettering starting right on the very edge of the cover. It is not broken at the ends – just slightly nibbled! Unidentified maker. The find location would suggest Scottish origins but … .
Found by Eddie McLean in the Glasgow area. This is a very small example of an electric cable cover and measures 7 inches by 4½ inches. Electric Cables RD O 80456 – it probably should read RD NO 80456. The manufacturer is unknown. The find location would suggest Scottish origins but … . .
Found by Robert Jameison in the Dalry area of Ayrshire. I am not in possession of this example. The brick is obviously badly damaged but I suspect the stamp will be as per above. Southhook Fireclay Works, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire. Alternative brickworks include: Southhook Potteries, Bonnyton, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire. Southhook Fireclay Works, Dreghorn, Ayrshire.
Found by Robert Jameison in the Dalry area of Ayrshire. I am not in possession of this example. Southhook Fireclay Works, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire. Alternative brickworks include: Southhook Potteries, Bonnyton, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire. Southhook Fireclay Works, Dreghorn, Ayrshire. .
Found by Robert Jamieson in the Dalry, Ayrshire area. This example is not in my possession. Southhook Fireclay Works, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire. Alternative brickworks include: Southhook Potteries, Bonnyton, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire. Southhook Fireclay Works, Dreghorn, Ayrshire. Apart from the unusual XXX mark, it appears that ‘Southhook’ and ‘Kilmarnock’ are off-centre to each other which again is unusual.
Found by Martin Sneddon on a new house build site at Seamill near Ardrossan, North Ayrshire. This example is not in my possession. Southhook Fireclay Works, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire. Alternative brickworks include: Southhook Potteries, Bonnyton, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire. Southhook Fireclay Works, Dreghorn, Ayrshire. Below – ‘777’ Stamped on the salt-glazed sewer pipes. Some were stamped ’77’ but…
Found by Eddie McLean in the Glasgow area. This is stamped on two sides. Southhook Fireclay Works, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire. Alternative brickworks include: Southhook Potteries, Bonnyton, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire. Southhook Fireclay Works, Dreghorn, Ayrshire. . Below – Note the channel cutting through the left margin on this brick face.
