Scotland's Brick and Tile Manufacturing Industry

Found by AOC Archaeology at the old glassworks, Bath Road, Leith, Edinburgh. Heathfield Fireclay Works, Heathfield, Lanarkshire. Alternative brickworks include: Cardowan Fireclay Works, Lanarkshire. . .

The following Scottish bricks were found by Denis O’Keefe on the south-west coast of Victoria, Australia. The Cumbernauld and Cardowan Patent were both found in the same pile of bricks on the shore. The pile is thought to be discarded ships ballast. . Below – Cardowan Patent – Cardowan Fire Clay Works, Stepps, Glasgow. Cumbernauld…

The following bricks were found by Mark Lloyd at Jarrahdale, Western Australia. The bricks were located in the heritage park which used to house an old timber mill and all the workers. . . Below – Gartcraig – Gartcraig Fire Clay Works, By Millerston, Glasgow. Garnkirk Patent – Garnkirk Fireclay Works, Garnkirk, Lanarkshire. Cardowan Patent –…

Found at Heathfield Fire Clay Works. Note the thumbprint to the top right which has slightly deformed the ‘S’. Heathfield Fireclay Works, Heathfield, Lanarkshire. Alternative brickworks include: Cardowan Fireclay Works, Lanarkshire. .

Found at Heathfield Fire Clay Works. This is stamped to both sides. Cardowan Fire Clay Works, Stepps, Glasgow. . . . .

Found at the Heathfield Fireclay Works, Muirhouse. Heathfield Fireclay Works, Heathfield, Lanarkshire. Alternative brickworks include: Cardowan Fireclay Works, Lanarkshire. . .

This Cardowan Patent brick was found by Alexander Prescott Hernandez – Williams, (9 years), by an old mill site in Holden, Massachusetts, USA. Cardowan Fire Clay Works, Stepps, Glasgow. . . . .

These bricks were found by Garry Bell in NE Victoria, Australia. Cardowan Fire Clay Works, Stepps, Glasgow. . . . . Below – Gartcraig brick found in an old farmhouse, Beechworth, Victoria. Gartcraig Fire Clay Works, By Millerston, Glasgow.  

The photograph is depicted in a book entitled “And so we graft from six to six” by Warwick Gemmell. This brick was found in New South Wales, Australia. I am not in possession of this brick. Cardowan Fire Clay Works, Stepps, Glasgow. I am uncertain as to what the GEC & S refers to. Also…

The photograph is depicted in a book entitled “And so we graft from six to six” by Warwick Gemmell. This brick was found in New South Wales, Australia. I am not in possession of this brick. Cardowan Fire Clay Works, Stepps, Glasgow. I am uncertain as to what the GEC & S refers to. Also…