This brick is in the possession of Ian Suddaby.
Found near Ormiston, East Lothian.
The brick has obvious tool marks with unusual spacing of the prongs but it looks like a 6 pronghorn fork has been used to move this brick.
It could of course be a 3 pronged fork and the brick has been moved twice?
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This brick was found at the Whitrigbog Brick and Tile Works, St Boswells, Scottish Borders. The brick is believed to have been manufactured on site. A 3 pronged tool has been used. The 3 holes are approx. 1 1/4″ deep. The centre of the left to the centre of the right measures 6 1/4″ making…
Found in Scotland but the exact location is unknown. Unidentied maker. Find location would suggest Scottish origins. 8 cored red clay brick with lifting tool marks. This is unusual in that the lifting tool is not designed to fit into the brick cores. The tool looks to be made from 2 flat and narrow prongs….
Found in a layby near Moffat, Dumfries and Galloway. Unidentified manufacturer. Find location would suggest Scottish origins. The 2 lifting tool mark holes are 2 1/4″ inches apart. The left one penetrates to a depth of 2″ and the right one to a depth of 1 3/4″. There is also just below the marks either…
These two bricks or drains were found at the Old Muirhouselaw brick and Tile Works, Scottish Borders. Each shows evidence of having been lifted with a single or a double pronged lifting tool. . . . .
Found at Dryburgh Farm, Scottish Borders. Manufacturer unknown. 2 bricks that have 12 square holes running legth ways. Holes 1 and 3 in the second row of each brick appears to have been penetrated by a 2 pronged lifter. . Below – One brick laid flat and the other on its side. Both bricks are…
Found The Hothouse at Ramshead Walled Garden, Caldwell House, Uplawmoor, East Renfrewshire. Note the middle line of cores. Holes 1, 3, 4 and 6 appear to have hand some sort of 4 pronged lifting device inserted. It may have also been lifted from the other side as the same holes look slightly misshapen. It is unlikely…
Found by Ian Suddaby – “An interesting oversized brick found by the river in Brechin, Angus. It’s been stabbed twice using two different pronged tools and the side shows closely spaced wavy lines which could be fabric marks but could also be from the machine extruder.” . . . .
This 8 cored brick was found at the Bonshaw brick and tile works, Annan. You can see what looks like the holes left after being lifted by a 2 pronged lifting fork. The left prong can be seen between the first 4 cores on the left. The right pong has just nicked the core on…
Found in a dump near Stirling. A 3 pronged tool has been used. The prongs are flat and 3/4″ wide. They penetrate the brick to a depth of at least 2″. The distance between the extreme left prong and extreme right prong is 6 1/2″. Unidentified manufacturer. Its is very likely this brick was locally…
The following 3 unmarked bricks were all find within the ruins of some brick buildings situated on the edge of an old clay pit at the old Hamilton, Braidwood brickworks, Carluke. The chances are they were made on site but as they are unmarked, this cannot be said for certain. They were found alongside a…
