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Castlecary Glasgow
Found at Castlecary Fireclay & Lime Works, Castlecary.
Note the thumb print to top right.
Castlecary Fireclay & Lime Works,Castlecary, Stirlingshire.
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Below – the same stamp on a wedge / arch brick found at Auchenheath, Lanarkshire, however the ‘CAS’ appears to be on a slope and a different alignment to the rest of the mark. This was found among 3 other similar bricks all with the same anomaly to the stamp.
Below – A lovely example found by Ian Suddaby at Castlecary Fireclay & Lime Works, Castlecary. Note the thumb print to top right. Note also Glasgow has been stamped upside down. This is not in my possession.
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