Scotland's Brick Manufacturing Industry

Found in Barrow in Furness by Richard Comish. James Dougall & Sons Ltd, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire. Alternative brickworks include: Bonnyside Brickworks, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire. . .

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 Drum Farm, Bonnybridge. Unidentified maker. Find location would suggest Scottish origins but… It was found among a large pile of Bonnybridge stamped bricks as manufactured by the Bonnybridge Silica & Fireclay Co Ltd. There were also a small number of bricks in the pile as manufactured by James Dougall, Bonnyside Brickworks, Bonnybridge. It…

Found by Joe McGuire at High Bonnybridge. I believe this brick is manufactured for the South American Railway network. click here. James Dougall & Sons Ltd, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire. Alternative brickworks include: Bonnyside Brickworks, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire.   .

The following information and photographs have been supplied by Jack Whittles and Christa Stone from Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada. Jack states “Recently I have been collecting many bricks from a colliery site on Vancouver Island, British Columbia Canada.  The Colliery was for the Cumberland Coal Mines that were in operation from about 1888 to 1961….

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 Bonnyside, Bonnybridge This is a Dyson Low Porosity  bloating ladle brick. According to Harry Wilson these Dyson bricks were made at the East Works at  Bonnybridge ( Dougall  / Dyson site) – He states ”  DLP was made initially in the late 60s in the West works, Bonnyside using Burnhead bloating clay from the Slammanan area for a limited…

Found at the Bonnyside, Bonnybridge Works. These Dyson bricks were made at the East Works at  Bonnybridge ( Dougall  / Dyson site) James Dougall & Sons Ltd, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire Alternative brickworks include: Bonnyside Brickworks, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire. .

Found at the Bonnyside, Bonnbridge site. Note the reversed ‘D’ Believed to be a  Dyson Low Porosity  bloating ladle brick. L.D.P with the ‘D’ being incorporated within a diamond shaped mark. These Dyson bricks were made at the East Works at  Bonnybridge ( Dougall  / Dyson site) James Dougall & Sons Ltd, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire Alternative…

Found Bonnyside, Bonnybridge. Unidentified refractory special B1 Find location would suggest Scottish origins and a potential James Dougall product. James Dougall & Sons Ltd, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire. Alternative brickworks include: Bonnyside Brickworks, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire. . . .