Scotland's Brick and Tile Manufacturing Industry

Found by Eddie McLean in Glasgow. Drumpark Brickworks, Bargeddie, Glasgow, Lanarkshire. . . . . Below – A similar stamp on a circle brick found at the old Ravenscraig Steelworks, Motherwell.

Drumpark Brickworks, Bargeddie, Glasgow, Lanarkshire aka Bargeddie Brickworks. Canmore British Brick Society Information Sheet No 31 (Nov 83) Dewar and Findlay Ltd, Drumpark Brickworks, Bargeddie, Glasgow. (NR 705641). Operated from 1895 to 1977, producing high-quality pressed red facings, either red or blue. 1895 – The 1985 publication ‘A survey of Scottish brickmarks’ suggests the works…

Found in the Glasgow area. Drumpark Brickworks, Bargeddie, Glasgow, Lanarkshire. . . . . Below  – The same stamp but with a reversed ‘D’. Found near Airdrie.

Found in Paisley. Another variation in frog – almost a double frog. Drumpark Brickworks, Bargeddie, Glasgow. . . . Below – A very similar stamp on a square frog. Found in the Glasgow area but I seem to have misplaced this brick somewhere!  

Found in Paisley. Drumpark Brickworks, Bargeddie, Glasgow, Lanarkshire. . . . . Below – A very similar stamp on a brick found in the Glasgow area. Note that the letters are slightly wider.  

Found in Paisley by RB* Drumpark Brickworks, Bargeddie, Glasgow, Lanarkshire Note the brick has been stamped Dewar in doth directions. Note the slighty larger gap after the ‘D’ and before the ‘R’ to accommodate the screws holding the stamp. . . Below – A similar stamp on a brick found in Glasgow but with additional…

This example is in the possession of  CulturalNL Museums & Heritage. Drumpark Brickworks, Bargeddie, Glasgow, Lanarkshire. . . . . Below – Possibly a very similar stamp on a broken brick found in the Glasgow area.

Found by Tam Moffet in Fife. Drumpark Brickworks, Bargeddie, Glasgow, Lanarkshire. Note the additional channels running across the margin of the brick although they stop short of the arris (edge). . . . Below – A similar stamp and channels on a ‘red’ Dewar brick found in the Glasgow area.    

Found by Tam Moffet in Fife. Drumpark Brickworks, Bargeddie, Glasgow, Lanarkshire. There appears to be no frog as such. The round-ended mark is likely just to be the mark left by the stamp plate. . . . Below – A similar stamp on a brick found by Andrew Wood in the Fife area. Not the…

Found Newcastleton by Brian Wardell. Drumpark Brickworks, Bargeddie, Glasgow, Lanarkshire. . . . . Below -A very similar mark but on a slightly curved circle brick. Note the larger distance between the ‘D’ and the ‘R’ in order to accommodate the stamp screw heads. Below – the same stamp on a red clay brick as…