Scotland's Brick Manufacturing Industry

Found at Drum Farm, Bonnybridge. James Dougall & Sons Ltd, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire. Alternative brickworks include: Bonnyside Brickworks, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire. Note the thumbprint to top right. .

Found at the site of the old Etna and Atlas Brick Works, Bathville, West Lothian. Manufacturer unknown but highly likely to be a product of either the Atlas or Etna Brick Works. Found alongside Etna building bricks Atlas and Crater stamped fire bricks. It is very likely that this brickmark is incomplete. It is entirely…

Photographed in Forres, Morayshire by Karen Jane. I am not in possession of this example. Bluebell was a trademark of John G Stein. Stein, Castlecary Fireclay Works, Castlecary, Stirlingshire. Stein, Manuel Firebrick and Refractory Works, Whitecross, Stirlingshire. Stein & Co, Anchor Brickworks, Denny, Stirlingshire. Milnquarter Fireclay & Gannister Works, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire. This silica based special…

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…

Found on the Atlas / Etna/ Bathville brickworks sites, Armadale, West Lothian. Unidentified maker. Find location would suggest Scottish origins but…. (SBH – Note – Although I still cannot say 100% who manufactured this brick, I am in no doubt who it  was manufactured for – Macbeth Brothers, Agents, Importers and Engineers, Bombay, India.) (SBH…

Found on the site of the Atlas and Etna Brick Works, Bathville. Manufacturer unknown but highly likely to be a product of either the Atlas or Etna Brick Works. Found alongside Etna building bricks Atlas and Crater stamped fire bricks. It is entirely possible that Castillo is the name of an overseas customer. . .

Found by Ron Forster in Gatehouse of Fleet. Castlecary Fireclay & Lime Works, Castlecary, Stirlingshire. . . . .  

Found at Glenbuck, East Ayrshire. The manufacturer of this firebrick is unknown. An ‘X’ has been manually inscribed to one face. It was found at the site of the old Glenbuck Ironworks and Collieries in East Ayrshire, Scotland. The following 4 photographs of this brick reveal a total of at least 13 fingerprint impressions and…

Found on the old James Dougall site at Bonnyside. Clayknowes Brickworks, Greenhill, Bonnybridge. This version has letters with serifs. I wonder why they makers dropped the ‘K’ and the ‘E’ when stamping the bricks? The stamp maybe STUBAL or SETUBAL. The first and or second letters are not clear. Stubal is a town in Serbia…

Found by Eddie McLean in the Glasgow area. Heathfield Fireclay Works, Heathfield, Lanarkshire. Alternative brickworks include: Cardowan Fireclay Works, Lanarkshire. Note the large thumb print. This appears to be stamped YOUNGs but it may be YOUNG 5