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All ideas, theories or wild guesses as to the origins of any brick in this section can be forwarded via my contact form. Some of the bricks listed here because I do not have any factual evidence as to the brickmaker albeit we believe it is a particular firm ( any confirmation would be excellent) but other bricks are a complete mystery as to manufacturer.

  • Mystery brick
    — 12/04/2023

    Found at the Manuel Works, Whitecross by Ian Suddaby. Ian states -I don’t believe JG Stein made

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  • Mystery brick
    — 05/07/2023

    Found on the site of the old Manuel Brickworks, Whitecross. This brick is unstamped and thus the manufacturer

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  • Mystery brick
    — 09/08/2023

    Found at the Manuel Brickworks, Whitecross. This example is not in my possession. The manufacturer is

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  • N
    — 24/03/2015

    Found at Gartliston Works, Glenboig Unidentified maker. Find location suggest Scottish origins and probably

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  • NCB
    — 20/05/2018

    Found by Eddie Mclean in the Glasgow area. NCB stands for National Coal Board  which ran many brick

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  • NCB L
    — 30/12/2022

    Found by Eddie Mclean in the Glasgow area. It would appear to have been manufactured at an unknown National

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  • NCB R
    — 30/12/2022

    Found by Eddie Mclean in the Glasgow area. It would appear to have been manufactured at an unknown National

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  • Nemo
    — 16/01/2022

    Found by Isabel and David Fairgrieve on a slag heap at the site of the old Tamfourhill Coal Pit, Falkirk.

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  • Nestor
    — 18/07/2022

    Found by Ian Suddaby at Ravenscraig, Motherwell. This example is not in my possession. Unknown manufacturer.

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  • Night Stop AJOP P1
    — 18/03/2015

    Found Stein Castlecary Works, Castlecary. Unidentified maker – possibly Stein. This appears to

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  • Nightstor
    — 30/04/2018

    Found at the Manuel Works, Whitecross. Unidentified maker but his appears to be a storage heater brick

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  • No 1
    — 19/06/2017

    Found in Glasgow by Eddie McLean. Unknown maker. Find location would suggest Scottish origins but……

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  • No 1 B & W WH
    — 25/11/2021

    Found by Jamie Macvie on a rubble track on a coastal site in Orkney. This example is not in my possession.

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  • NR JWH & Co
    — 20/01/2022

    Found at High Bonnybridge. Unidentified manufacturer. The find location would suggest Scottish origins

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  • NRB
    — 29/10/2015

    Found at Garnqueen, Glenboig Technically this is an unidentified mark in that I do not know what NRB

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  • O
    — 10/06/2020

    Found at the Heathfield Fireclay Works, Muirhead. Manufacturer unknown. Find location would suggest it

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  • O C 4 24
    — 25/02/2015

    Found at Stein Castlecary Works, Bonnybridge. Unidentified maker. Find origins would suggest Scottish

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  • OBOBS
    — 06/12/2021

    Found by Ian Suddaby on the old Garnqueen Brickworks site, Glenboig. This example is not in my possession.

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  • Obsidianite
    — 24/02/2016

    Found at the Stein, Manuel Works, Whitecross. Manufacturer unknown. Find location would suggest Scottish

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  • ONX B
    — 02/03/2020

    Found on the site of the Jenny Lind Brickworks, adjacent to the Ravenscraig Steelworks, Lanarkshire.

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  • Ord
    — 29/01/2019

    Found by Ian Suddaby at the old Banff Distillery, Aberdeenshire. This example is not in my possession.

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  • Oro
    — 08/01/2020

    Found at the old Etna and Atlas Brickworks site. Atlas Brickworks, Bathville, Armadale, West Lothian.

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  • OTTO
    — 10/08/2020

    Found by Ian Suddaby on the muddy banks of the River Carron at Grangemouth in Central Scotland. Ian states

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  • P 1123 Detrick
    — 16/01/2024

    Found by Ian Suddaby at the Manuel Works, Whitecross. This example is not in my possession. Stein made

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  • P 1123 ST 50
    — 16/01/2024

    Found by Ian Suddaby at the Manuel Works, Whitecross. This example is not in my possession. ST –

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  • P C Co
    — 19/10/2020

    Found by Tucker Kennedy in the Lochgilphead, Argyll and Bute area. I am not in possession of this example.

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  • Patent
    — 08/06/2023

    Found by Ian Suddaby adjacent to the Wallhouse Brick and Tile Works. This example is not in my possession.

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