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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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