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.
Found by Ian Suddaby on the boundary of the old Bonnyside Brickworks site, Bonnybridge. I am not in possession of this example. Note the thumbprint to the top right. James Dougall & Sons Ltd, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire. Alternative brickworks include: Bonnyside Brickworks, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire.
The following bricks were found by Jacob Serge at a demolished military camp at Leopoldsburg, Belgium. . . . . Below – Castlecary – Castlecary Fireclay & Lime Works, Castlecary, Stirlingshire. Below – Preston Grange – Prestongrange Brick, Tile and Fireclay Works, Prestonpans, East Lothian.
Found by Ian Suddaby in Bonnybridge. This example is not in my possession. Not the thumbprint to the top right. Smith and Wellstood Foundry Brickworks, Bonnybridge. . .
Found at Clayknowes, Bonnybridge. Note the thumbprint to the bottom left. Glenyards Fireclay Works, Glenyards, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire. . . .
Found on Drum Farm, Bonnybridge. Note the thumbprint to the top right. Bonnybridge Silica & Fireclay Co Ltd, Bonnybridge. alt Calder Firebrick Works, Airdrie, Lanarkshire. alt Chapelhall Works, Lanarkshire. Hepworth Ceramic Holdings plc (GR-Stein Refractories Ltd. parent co) bought the Bonnybridge Silica & Fireclay Co. Ltd in 1972, closed Bonnybridge works in 1973 and closed…
These bricks were found by Joe Gofton, washed up on the Dartmouth side of Halifax Harbour, Nova Scotia, Canada. Castlecary Fireclay & Lime Works, Castlecary, Stirlingshire. . . . . Below – A broken ‘BCM Castlecary’ brick.
Found in the Wemyss area of Fife. Note the thumbprint to the top right. Unknown maker. Find location and stamp may suggest Scottish origins but … The 2 most likely Scottish makers are Bonnybridge Silica and Fireclay Co Ltd, Bonnybridge and the Eglinton Silica Brick Co. Ltd, Dundyvan, Coatbridge However, this reference is also a…
Found in the Glasgow area by Eddie McLean. Castlecary Fireclay & Lime Works, Castlecary, Stirlingshire. . . . .
This unstamped clay pipe was found by Geoff Hancock in a shed on Raws Farm, near Sandford, Strathaven. South Lanarkshire. Its provenance prior to that is unknown. It is likely to have been for channelling water. There are several local disused tileworks that this may have been manufactured at but it also has the look…
Found at Oakvale, Livingston. Heathfield Fireclay Works, Heathfield, Lanarkshire. Alternative brickworks include: Cardowan Fireclay Works, Lanarkshire. . . Below – A similar stamp on a brick found at the same location by Ian Suddaby. Note the lazy ‘O’ which is lying on its side. Note the thumbprint to the bottom left.
