This is a baby firebrick recovered from a skip in Gatehouse Fleet by Michael Kay.
Campbell & Co, Roughcastle Fireclay Works, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire.
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Below – This version is actually a bullnose with the top right-hand corner being rounded off.
Below – The same stamp on a brick found by Steve Cogle in The Portobello area. This example has a chamfered side to it.
The following brick was found on the south Bank of Tagus at Cacilhas, Lisbon, Portugal by Rui Ribolhos, Lisbon, Portugal. Empatia Arqueologia LDA. There were many shipyards in this vicinity. . . . Below – Forth – Roughcastle Firebrick Works, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire.
This brick was found by Emily Zeringue in a little town called Pierre Part, South Louisiana, USA. . . . . Below – Forth – Roughcastle Firebrick Works, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire.
This brick is in the possession of Elena Alexeenko. It was found near Taganrog in the Rostov region of Russia. Roughcastle Firebrick Works, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire. . . . .
Roughcastle Fireclay Mine, Bonnybridge, Falkirk, Stirlingshire. See also the Roughcastle Fireclay Works, Bonnybridge, Falkirk, Stirlingshire Company names(S): Campbell & Co.; Dougall & Sons Dyson Refractories: J. & R. Howie Site names(S): Roughcastle Fireclay works Address: Roughcastle Fireclay Works, Bonnybridge Established: 1889 Ceased: 1964 Founder: J.Campbell Company history: – The site opened as a coal mine…
Found by Ali Martin in the Glenboig area. This appears to be baby fire brick or a salesman’s sample. I am not in possession of this example. Glenboig Union Fireclay Company, Glenboig, Lanarkshire. Alternative brickworks include: Glenboig Star Fireclay Works, Glenboig, Lanarkshire. Glenboig Fireclay Works, (Old Works) Glenboig, Lanarkshire . .
Found near Yangon, Myanmar by Htin Kyaw. Roughcastle Firebrick Works, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire. . . . .
This example was photographed in Barbados. Vulcan brick – This has no frog, unlike my own partial example. Campbell & Co, Roughcastle Fireclay Works, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire, Scotland used a trademark stamp called ‘Vulcan’. They exported many fire bricks all over the world especially those stamped with another trademark brand, ‘Forth’. It is therefore quite possible…
Many thanks to Cris Pasquali for the following photographs and information. Cris states ” I found these bricks in the Northern part of my city Rosario (Province of Santa Fe) on the coast of the Parana River. From the late nineteenth century to the mid-twentieth century, railway, port and industrial activities were developed in the…
Found by Gordon Wyle at Greenhill, Bonnybridge. Roughcastle Firebrick Works, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire. . . . .
The following bricks were found by Benita Bond in Nova Scotia, Canada. All the bricks were found at Lochmans Beach in Sydney Mines, Nova Scotia with the exception of the Dougall brick which was found on Florence Front Beach. Glenboig Union Fireclay Company, Glenboig, Lanarkshire. Glenboig Star Fireclay Works, Glenboig, Lanarkshire. Douglas Fireclay Works, Dalry,…
