Found at Cleghorn Brickworks, Cleghorn.
Cleghorn Brickworks, Cleghorn, Lanarkshire .
This is a broken roof tile.
It is marked with a 3 to the opposite side from the makers stamp.
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Found by Ian Suddaby in Aberdeenshire. Cleghorn Brickworks, Cleghorn, Lanarkshire. These are not in my possession. . . . . . Below – To the eye, an identical chimney pot but stamped 139 instead of 138.
Found in Leyden Place, Bonnyrigg in 1975 and donated by Nick Basden. Cleghorn Brickworks, Cleghorn, Lanarkshire. This is a shaped brick. The Cleghorn stamp is very poorly stamped but it is most definitely a Cleghorn. What is intersting is that the letters VI H have been stamped to the ‘rear’ and they seem to take…
Found at the Cleghorn site. Cleghorn Brickworks, Cleghorn, Lanarkshire. . . . .
Found at the Cleghorn site. Cleghorn Brickworks, Cleghorn, Lanarkshire. This looks like a section of broken roof tile. . . . Below – A more complete stamp found at the Cleghorn site by Mat Lupton.
The brick is in the possession of Mary Falconer. Mary states ” It came from the Main Stand at Tynecastle Park which was demolished recently. The Main Stand was originally built in 1914″ Cleghorn Brickworks, Cleghorn, Lanarkshire. The brick is stamped, in raised letters, “Cleghorn Terracotta Ld Glasgow” . . .
Found in Wishaw. Cleghorn Brickworks, Cleghorn, Lanarkshire. Note the 4 pips in the right hand circle outwith the frog. . . . Below – The same stamp on a shaped brick. Found by Michael Fallone in the Glasgow area. Below – a very similar stamp found at Bo’ness. The letters are however slightly thicker and…
Found by Ian Suddaby in the Haymarket, Edinburgh. The writing is on a slight curve top and bottom lines. Cleghorn Brickworks, Cleghorn, Lanarkshire. . . .
(Note – SBH – I am not convinced that Luke & Co actually manufactured the fire bricks as a business. There is a good chance that the bricks were manufactured at the Preston Grange brick and tile works and the Luke and Co company name added to the brick as the purchasing customer for onward…
These examples were all found on the old Cleghorn Brickworks site. None are marked Cleghorn but until evidence suggests otherwise, I am happy to tag them as being manufactured at the Cleghorn Works. See the attached catalogue for similar examples – Click me Cleghorn Brickworks, Cleghorn, Lanarkshire. Below – 2 photos of a long tapered…
Found at the Cleghorn Brickworks, Lanarkshire Cleghorn Brickworks, Cleghorn, Lanarkshire. . . . .
