Scotland's Brick Manufacturing Industry

Found By Ian Suddaby in the Edinburgh area. This is not in my possession. Arniston Coal, Lime & Brick Works, Gorebridge, Midlothian. . . .

Found by Ian Suddaby in Aberdeenshire. Centurion Brickworks, Bishopbriggs, East Dunbartonshire owned by the Scottish Brick Company. . . . . . .

Found on the old site previously occupied by Giscol when they took over the Etna Brick Works, Bathville, West Lothian. The bricks are cored and are stamped on a stretcher. They are dated 29/03/91 and 07/11/91. It looks like they were used to build some sort of office block on the site. Now demolished and…

Stein, Castlecary Fireclay Works, Castlecary, Stirlingshire. Stein, Manuel Firebrick and Refractory Works, Whitecross, Stirlingshire. Stein & Co, Anchor Brickworks, Denny, Stirlingshire. Milnquarter Fireclay & Gannister Works, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire. The following fire bricks were rescued by the late Joan Faithfull in 2001 when the Manuel Firebrick and Refractory Works, Whitecross closed down. These fire bricks had…

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 by Bob Trlin on the Cocos Islands, Australia. Jas Goldie & Son, Shawfield Toll, Glasgow, 1884 2019 – Bob states “We have just returned from the Cocos Islands located in the Indian Ocean half way between Perth and Sri Lanka.  The Islands were settled in 1827 by the Clunies-Ross family and run as a copra…

Found by Michael Fallone in the Glasgow area. James Goldie & Son Brick works, Shawfield Toll, Glasgow. Note the large pebble in the clay mix. . . .

Found by Ian Suddaby in Whitehaven, Cumbria Centurion Brickworks, Bishopbriggs, East Dunbartonshire owned by the Scottish Brick Company. The bricks formed a demolished wall. Only a proportion of the bricks were stamped and none had both the name and the batch manufacturing date stamped on the same brick. . . . .