Scotland's Brick and Tile Manufacturing Industry

Found by Chris Graham near Annan. This example is not in my possession. James Dougall & Sons Ltd, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire. Alternative brickworks include: Bonnyside Brickworks, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire. .  

Found by Eddie McLean in the Wishaw area. 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 possibly made at the East Works at Bonnybridge (Dougall/Dyson site) or possibly by Dyson Refractories, England. James Dougall & Sons Ltd, Bonnybridge, 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 by Andrew Wood in the Fife area. ‘Compo’ may stand for composition. It is assumed this was manufactured by James Dougall & Sons Ltd. This example is not in my possession. James Dougall & Sons Ltd, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire. Alternative brickworks include: Bonnyside Brickworks, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire. .  

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.

Found by Ian Suddaby at the old Heathfield Fireclay Works site. I am not in possession of this example. Possibly have been manufactured  by Heathfield Fire Clay Works for the Coppee Coke Co (however a similar firebrick was found at the James Dougall Fire Clay Works at Bonnybridge  and therefore Dougall could be the manufacturer?)…

This brick is in the possession of John Stevens. John states –  I believe it came from a fireplace in an old north Brisbane home here in Queensland. Note the thumbprint to the bottom left. Blochairn Sand and Fire Clay Co, Blochairn, Glasgow. . .  

Found by Steven Pinder in the Sunderland area. I am not in possession of this example. James Dougall & Sons Ltd, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire. Alternative brickworks include: Bonnyside Brickworks, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire. .

This brick was found by Gustavo Agustín Coronel. He lives in the City of Malagueño Córdoba, Argentina. Gustavo states (apologies for the quality of the google translation) –  I would like to tell you that since last year I have been researching and studying the history of our city, this study was carried out mainly…

Found by Ian Suddaby in Leith, Edinburgh. This example is not in my possession. Ian states – This might well be a second as it’s not well made. On the first photo, the frog is malformed and looks like it’s been repositioned in the press. The whole brick is misshaped too and the letters aren’t clear,…