Found Manuel Works, Whitecross.
Dykehead Firebrick Works, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire.
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Below – Virtually the same stamp on a special. Found Cruden Bay, Aberdeenshire.
Found by Adrian Boodan. Adrian states – I live in the Caribbean, Trinidad and Tobago. I obtained some Dykehead bricks from a nearby clay block factory where I live after they decommissioned a kiln. The kiln was constructed in 1969 and decommissioned last year. The kiln is at the Abel Block Factory at Longdenville, Trinidad,…
Found by Ian Suddaby at Mugiemoss, Aberdeenshire. This example is not in my possession. Dykehead Firebrick Works, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire. GR Dykehead – probably stands for General Refractories. (Note – SBH – A similar example found is stamped GR’s. Has the – ‘s – fallen off this stamp or is this a variation on a theme?)….
Found by Ian Suddaby at the Cowden Cleugh Colliery near Dalkeith. This example is not in my possession. The ‘4’ on the right is upside down. Dykehead Firebrick Works, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire. . .
Found by Ian Suddaby at the Cowden Cleugh Colliery near Dalkeith. This example is not in my possession. Dykehead Firebrick Works, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire. . . .
1920 – Dykehead Ganister and Firebrick Co., Ltd, (Formerly George Turnbull & Co.), Bonnybridge. Dykehead Mine – Situated at Bonnybridge, at the side of the North British Railway, Glasgow to Edinburgh line; it is 1/2 mile east of Greenhill Junction on the Caledonian Railway. Maps: One-inch New Ser. Ordnance and Geological 31; six-inch Stirling 30…
Found by Ian Suddaby at Charlestown, Fife. Dykehead Firebrick Works, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire. Thumbprint to bottom left. . . .
Found by Ian Suddaby at Inverboyndie, Aberdeenshire. Dykehead Firebrick Works, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire. . . . .
Canmore – Dykehead Fireclay Works. Source Falkirk Museum and Archives – George Turnbull and Company, Dykehead Brickworks, Bonnybridge. Established in 1839. Founder Miss Margaret Donald. The works never became profitable and she eventually sold them to marry and emigrated to Australia. The site was later taken over by George Turnbull & Co. The works stood…
Bonnymuir Brick and Tile Works, Bonnybridge. Established prior to 1867. It is possible that G Turnbull & Co operated this site in conjunction with the Woodlea Brickworks at one time Falkirk Archives. Below – 1839 – The advert below infers that George Turnbull & Co were established at the Bonnymuir Works in 1839. Works –…
Found in the Falkirk area and kindly donated by Nick Basden. Dykehead Firebrick Works, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire. . . . .
