Scotland's Brick and Tile Manufacturing Industry

Found by Chris Graham in the River Petteril near Carlisle. This example is not in my possession. Douglas Fireclay Works, Dalry, Ayrshire. . . . .

This brick is in the possession of Leslie White and was found in the Hawkesbury (NSW) region during a demolition job. Douglas Fireclay Works, Dalry, Ayrshire. Note the unusual stencilling. It possibly reads ‘I R S26 3″. So was this added at the Douglas Fireclay Works as perhaps an order number, code for the customer…

Found by Ian Suddaby at the old Atlas and Etna Brickworks site, Bathgate. This example is not in my possession. Ian states – An interesting special shape which might have been part of a kiln. Although a bit irregular, it’s 350mm long, 150mm wide and 150mm tall. Stamped on the side are L10 and DB2….

Found on the site of the Jenny Lind Brickworks, adjacent to the Ravenscraig Steelworks, Lanarkshire. Note the ‘2’ is set within a triangle shape. John Bramall has pointed out that this is likely to stand for Morgan Refractories Ltd, a division of Morgan Crucible Ltd. They used a ‘triangle’ emblem as a trademark. Morgan Crucible…

Found by Jason Stott around Oldham, England. This example is not in my possession. Douglas Fireclay Works, Dalry, Ayrshire. . . .

Found by Pat and Janet Railsback in Ireland. Douglas Fireclay Works, Dalry, Ayrshire. . . . .

Found by Pat and Janet Railsback in the Republic of Ireland. Douglas Fireclay Works, Dalry, Ayrshire. . . . .

Monkcastle Fireclay Mine, Dalry, North Ayrshire aka High Monkcastle. Canmore Douglas Works used local fireclay mined from Langside at Galston, Smithstone at Kilwinning and Monkcastle, which was the last of these local mines to supply fireclay to the works. After Monkcastle stopped supplying the works in 1981, raw materials for production had to be brought…

Found by Ian Suddaby in the Aberdeen area. This is not in my possession. Douglas Fireclay Works, Dalry, Ayrshire. . . .

The following bricks were found by Benita Bond in Nova Scotia, Canada. All the bricks were found at Lochmans Beach in Sydney Mines, Nova Scotia with the exception of the Dougall brick which was found on Florence Front Beach. Glenboig Union Fireclay Company, Glenboig, Lanarkshire. Glenboig Star Fireclay Works, Glenboig, Lanarkshire. Douglas Fireclay Works, Dalry,…