Found Craigend Refractories, Falkirk. Craigend Refractories, Muiravonside, Falkirk. Gerry Carty, a former employee at the works, believes he remembers these bricks being manufactured and stamped by Craigend Refractories. However, 1931 – List of distinctive marks, trade names and trademarks appearing on bricks, tiles, stone and sanitary ware states ‘Envoy’ manufactured by the Calder Fireclay Company….
Read moreFound Craigend Brickwork’s, Falkirk Craigend Refractories, Muiravonside, Falkirk . . . .
Read moreFound Craigend Brickwork’s, Falkirk Craigend Refractories, Muiravonside, Falkirk . . . .
Read moreFound Dundee. Find location suggests Scottish origins but…. Any ideas. Something like Dunshalt Brick and Tile Works, Auchtermucthy, Fife – which is 20 miles or so from the find site or the Den Brick and Tile Works, Kirkcaldy, Fife. . . Below – Many thanks to Chris McIntyre for the following information. The DBT bricks…
Read moreFound at the Bamberton Cement Works, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada by Mark Lauckner. As this brick has, as far as I am aware, not been found as yet in Scotland, I have had it shipped back to the homeland. Many thanks to Mark Lauckner for assisting with this. (Note – SBH – I have…
Read moreCanmore Info Craigend Brickworks Ltd was established in 1938 on the site of the drift mine at Craigend, Falkirk, leased to the company by Carron Co., Falkirk (Iron Works). The works closed in 1943 due to lack of demand for bricks but re-opened after the war. The name was changed to Craigend Refractories Ltd in…
Read moreMark Lauckner (ML) states – There was no refractory brick manufacturing industry here in BC, Canada, so those speciality high-temperature bricks were sent over from the UK as ballast in the bottom of ships. Early pioneer industries that needed high-temperature bricks seemed to prefer UK bricks instead of the kaolin fire clay bricks from the…
Read moreFound at Heathfield Fire Clay Works. Note the thumbprint to the top right. Heathfield Fireclay Works, Heathfield, Lanarkshire. Alternative brickworks include: Cardowan Fireclay Works, Lanarkshire. . Below – A similar stamp on a different sized brick. Found at the Heathfield Fireclay Works.
Read moreThe following article is based on the Scottish bricks found by Vladimir Smirnov in and around his home in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Vladimir has managed to collect a fascinating collection of Scottish bricks and bizarrely, a good few of them appear to have never surfaced, as yet, in their Country of origin. . . . ….
Read moreFound Stein Manuel Works, Whitecross. Information below taken from a Stein brochure located within the Falkirk Archives. Stein 73D is a high alumina refractory. Extremely hard and highly resistant to abrasion and slag attack. Used in hearths in heating and forging furnaces; soaking pit side walls Stein, Castlecary Fireclay Works, Castlecary, Stirlingshire. Stein, Manuel Firebrick…
Read moreFound by Eddie Mclean in the Glasgow area. Carfin Brickworks, Motherwell, Lanarkshire. Alternative brickworks include: Garturk Brickworks, Calder, Coatbridge, Lanarkshire. Govan Brickworks, Glasgow. 1 Dixon Street, Glasgow So far only 2 different letters have been found associated with the Dixon stamp. ‘G’ and ‘A’. It is suspected that the ‘G’ stands for the Garturk Brickworks…
Read moreFound by IS 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.
Read moreFound by Tam Moffet in Fife. Northfield Brickworks, Shotts, Lanarkshire. . . . .
Read moreFound in Fife by Andrew Wood. This example is not in my possession. Hill of Beath Fireclay Works, Hill of Beath, Fife. . . .
Read moreFound West Wemyss, Fife I am informed that this could be both a cat and a dog paw print. The top is most likely a cat as the claws are retracted. The bottom is most likely to be a dog as you can see the claws – dogs cannot retract their claws. Now, I envisage…
Read moreFound near Kirkcaldy. Best bet because of the find location is Grange , Brick & Tile Works, Near Kirkcaldy. Believed to be a product of Grange Farm near Kirkcaldy . . . Below – Found in Fife by TS
Read moreFound by Tam Moffet on the Wemyss Brickworks site. Unidentified brick. Find location would suggest Scottish origins but … Possibly? – Wemyss Brick Co. Various works in the Aberhill, Denbeath and Methil areas of Fife. It was found close to this similar SLW brick. The Survey of Scottish Brickmarks – click me – has recorded…
Read moreFound by Ian Suddaby at Cruden Bay. Cruden Bay brick and tile works, Cruden Bay, Aberdeenshire. . . .
Read moreFound in a Victorian mansion in Forfar by Andy Blackie. It formed part of an internal wall backing onto the firebricks of the chimney. It was contaminated by soot. The house was built c.1880. Glamis Brick and Tile Works, Glamis . . Below – A similar mark on a brick found in Fife.
Read moreFound in Fife by Tom Slaven. The mark is on the stretcher side. 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 – Two similar but slightly different stamps, again stamped on a stretcher. These…
Read moreFound in Fife by Tam Moffet. Balgonie Colliery Brickworks, Markinch, Glenrothes, Fife. Julian C.B.B – stands for the pit name and the owner’s initials Charles Babbington Balfour. . . .
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