Scotland's Brick and Tile Manufacturing Industry

Found by Chris Tilney in the County Durham area. This example is not in my possession. Atlas Brickworks, Bathville, Armadale, West Lothian. . . .

Many thanks to Gustavo Coronel for the following information. This ‘Crater’ brick was found in lime kiln furnace No 5, Malagueño, Córdoba, Argentina. Gustavo states that bricks stamped ‘Etna’ were also found lining the furnace but no photograph is available as yet. Manufactured by the Etna or Atlas Brickworks, Armadale, West Lothian. . . ….

These were found by Lindsay Townsend in Cumberland, British Columbia, Canada. Lindsay states – Cumberland BC was a coal mining town (originally called Union), which operated 8 coal mines from the late 1890s until as late as the mid-1950s. The brick I found was near to the sites of the oldest two of these mines,…

Found by John Dory at Lithgow NSW, Australia. John states – The area had several shale mines at different times. These ones are from an area that mined shale from 1890 to 1920. . . . . Below – Atlas – Atlas Brickworks, Bathville, Armadale, West Lothian. Below – Morningside – Morningside Fireclay Works, Newmains,…

Found by Ian Suddaby at Coatbridge. This example is not in my possession. Atlas Brickworks, Bathville, Armadale, West Lothian . . .

Found by Ian Suddaby at Coatbridge. This example is not in my possession. Atlas Brickworks, Bathville, Armadale, West Lothian . . .

Found by Julian Phillips at Lithgow, New South Wales, Australia. . . . . Below – Morningside – Morningside Fireclay Works, Newmains, North Lanarkshire. . Below – Atlas – Atlas Brickworks, Bathville, Armadale, West Lothian. These ‘Atlas’ bricks were found alongside the ‘Morningside 01’ brick above and are likely to have Scottish origins although several…

Found at High Bonnybridge. The consensus of opinion, prior to finding this brick, is that ‘Crater’ was a trademark of the Etna/Atlas Brickworks in West Lothian. This information is detailed in this link The Bricks of Bathville and Armadale and bricks stamped ‘Crater’ have been found on the site of the old Etna/Atlas Brickworks. This…

Found by Isabel and David Fairgrieve at Bonnyside, Bonnybridge. This example is not in my possession. Atlas Brickworks, Bathville, Armadale, West Lothian. . . .  

Photographed by Martin Leedham. These bricks form a brick floor in a small hotel in Bridgetown, Barbados. Bonnybridge Silica & Fireclay Co Ltd, Bonnybridge. alt Calder Firebrick Works, Airdrie, Lanarkshire. alt Chapelhall Works, Lanarkshire. Hepworth Ceramic Holdings plc (GR-Stein Refractories Ltd. parent co) bought the Bonnybridge Silica & Fireclay Co. Ltd in 1972, closed Bonnybridge…