• GAH

    Found at the Manuel Brickworks, Whitecross. This is a broken special product. The top, left and right sides are intact and shaped as you see them but it is broken along the bottom edge. The manufacturer is unknown but the find site would suggest it was made at the Manuel Brickworks. GAH may well represent…

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  • Glenboig A1 12

    Found by Gary Hibberd near Penicuik. Glenboig Union Fireclay Company, Glenboig, Lanarkshire. Alternative brickworks include: Glenboig Star Fireclay Works, Glenboig, Lanarkshire. Glenboig Fireclay Works, (Old Works) Glenboig, Lanarkshire

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  • Bourtreehill Kilmarnock brick found in Sweden

    Found by Hans Nilsson in the sea at Furuögrund, Sweden. Hans states – The brick was found in Furuögrund north of Skellefteå. Furuögrund was the port where wood products from the area where produced and shipped. At many places ballast was left. The ballast, usually stone not found in Sweden…like flint and sometimes even a…

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  • D 206/2 Nettle D

    Found by Ian Suddaby at the Manuel Works, 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.

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  • John Clerk, Bonnybridge – fire brick ‘inventor’.

    “Bonnybridge is now an important centre for this class of claywork. Messrs. Stein are among the largest producers of firebricks in particular and have the latest appliances and the most up-to-date continuous ovens to be seen in any fireclay factory in Britain, if not in the world. There are small fireclay works spread over the…

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  • Thistle 10

    Found at the Stein Castlecary Works. 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. It is unclear from the photo but this is a circle brick.

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  • Nettle 1

    Found at the Stein Castlecary Works. 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. .

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  • Thistle 73 A

    Found at Stein Castlecary Works by Angela Holton. 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. . . .

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  • Thistle 4

    Found at Stein Castlecary Works by Angela Holton. 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. .

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  • Alloa

    Found by Angela Holton at the Alloa Tileworks, Forthbank. These roof tiles appear to have been pressed or moulded using a cement mix. Alloa Tileworks, Forthbank, Alloa, Stirlingshire. . . . .

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  • Bluebell WD K 681 D

    Found at Stein Castlecary Works by Angela Holton. Left in situ due to size and weight. 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. WD – Woodall Duckham. .

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  • Nettle PE 500

    Found by Angela Holton at the Manuel Brickworks. 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. . .

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  • 4132 Sillimanite A 11 S

    Found by Angela Holton at the Manuel Brickworks and left in situ due to its size and weight. Although it is not stamped Stein there is little doubt that due to the find location, that this is a Stein product. Stein, Castlecary Fireclay Works, Castlecary, Stirlingshire. Stein, Manuel Firebrick and Refractory Works, Whitecross, Stirlingshire. Stein…

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  • 8906 Stein Sillimanite B 1 S 1

    Found by Angela Holton at the Manuel Brickworks and left in situ due to its size and weight. The last line of  of the stamp is unclear but it may be B1S1 Stein, Castlecary Fireclay Works, Castlecary, Stirlingshire. Stein, Manuel Firebrick and Refractory Works, Whitecross, Stirlingshire. Stein & Co, Anchor Brickworks, Denny, Stirlingshire. Milnquarter Fireclay…

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  • Glasgow Rawyards

    Found by Ian Suddaby in the Ravenscraig, Motherwell area. This example is not in my possession. Rawyards Brickworks, Airdrie, Lanarkshire. . . .  

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  • Alloa Tileworks, Forthbank, Alloa, Stirlingshire

    Many thanks to Angela Holton for bringing these works to my attention. 1913 – Works not present on this map. Below – 1946 – Alloa Tileworks, Forthbank (At B.M. – 20.28) Below – 1951 – Alloa Tileworks, Forthbank. Below – 1967 – Alloa Tileworks, Forthbank. Below – An assemblage of  ‘Alloa’ roof tiles found on…

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  • Shotts

    Many thanks to Lindsay Smith and Ian Roy for assisting in the finding and recovery of this brick from the Newpark Estate in Bellsquarry, Livingston area. Shotts Sand-Lime Brickworks, Shotts, North Lanarkshire aka locally as the ‘White Brickworks’. 06/05/1924 – The Scotsman – Electrical engineer’s visit to Shotts Works – Members of the West of…

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  • Inchcoonans 1976

    Found by Ian Suddaby in Perthshire. This example is not in my possession. Errol Brick and Tile Works, Inchcoonans, Dundee . . .

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  • Nettle and Douglas bricks found in USA

    Found by Janet Archey in an avocado grove in Fallbrook, California. . . . . . Below – Nettle – D brick 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. Below – Douglas – D…

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  • Alpha

    Found by Ian Suddaby This example is not in my possession. Alpha – Millstone Fire and Grit Co, Herbertshire Brickworks. According to Falkirk Museums and Archives  FMA  –  Alpha bricks were a product of the Millstone Fire and Grit Co. Incorporated in 1966 and took over the common brickworks at Herbertshire, Denny. Worked open cast…

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  • M M Glasgow

    Found by Alasdair Watson in a skip in Glasgow. This example is not in my possession. The manufacturer is unknown although there is little doubt it is of Scottish origins. It is believed to be made from clay and the material itself has a green tinge. . .

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  • Glenboig brick found in Russia

    Found by Flipp Metlin in a basement floor in Saint Petersburg, on Vasilievskiy Island, Russia. Glenboig Union Fireclay Company, Glenboig, Lanarkshire. Alternative brickworks include: Glenboig Star Fireclay Works, Glenboig, Lanarkshire. Glenboig Fireclay Works, (Old Works) Glenboig, Lanarkshire It is likely there is a dash and a downward arrow stamped on the right of the brick…

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  • 0 EST KSM X

    Found by Ian Suddaby at Bo’ness. I am not in possession of this example. Is it a ‘zero’ or an ‘O’? Ian states – KMS or KSM? It’s a problem either way. We have a few of these hanger bricks now, all found by the coast and mostly around the Firth of Forth in Scotland. Until…

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  • 2634 Nettle A1

    Found by Ian Suddaby at Bo’ness. This example is not in my possession. This is a ‘boiler block’. 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. .

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  • James Goldie & Son Crow Road Partick 1885

    Found in the Glasgow area. James Goldie and Son, Crow Road, Partick. Goldie, James & Son, brickmakers; Works, Sandyacres, Langside Road, Coplawhill, Victoria Road, Shawfield Toll, Rutherglen Road and Woodend, Crow Road, Partick. . . .

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  • Stevenson Bros Patent Glasgow

    Found in the Glasgow area by Eddie McLean. Stevenson Bros, brickmakers, Millcroft and Polmadie Brickfields, Rutherglen Rd.; also Garscadden Brick and Tile Works, Drumchapel. . . . .

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  • Hurll 6

    Found by Eddie McLean in the Glasgow area. Garnqueen Fireclay Works, Glenboig, Lanarkshire Alternative brickworks include: Gartliston Fireclay Works, Glenboig, Lanarkshire. Building bricks at Garscadden Works, Drumchapel. (Note – SBC – the letter ‘U’ is slightly smaller than the rest. It is believed that this stamp may have been used by a specific moulder or…

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  • Stein MCSD

    Found by Ian Suddaby at the old Manuel Works, Whitecross. This example is not in my possession. Ian states – The STEIN part at the top of the circular mark has gone but the bottom is clear enough, MCSD. Magnesia Chrome Super Duty. I do wonder sometimes if some of the SD bricks we think…

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