Found by Ian Suddaby at Charlestown, Fife.
Dykehead Firebrick Works, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire.
Thumbprint to bottom left.
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Established in 1899, Alexandra Brickworks was the first brickyard in Singapore to produce bricks using modern machinery on a large scale. Iconic public buildings like the former National Library at Stamford Road, Tiong Bahru SIT flats and Gillman Barracks were built with these bricks. Below – “This 1956 photograph of Alexandra Brickworks show 3 tall…
The following bricks are in the possession of Boris Talpa, Rostov on Don, Russia. They were found in the Vladivostok and Primorye area of Eastern Russia. . . Below – Glenyards – Glenyards Fireclay Works, Glenyards, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire. Note the thumbprint to top right. Below – Boghead – Boghead Fireclay Works, Bathgate, West Lothian. ….
Found by Ian Suddaby in the Alloa area. This example is not in my possession. George Turnbull Company, Dykehead Fire Clay Works, Bonnybridge, Falkirk. . . .
The following bricks were found at Old Manutenção Militar, Beato – Lisbon, Portugal by Rui Ribolhos, Lisbon, Portugal. Empatia Arqueologia LDA. Rui states – I am an archaeologist working in Lisbon at an old nun’s convent from the XVII th century (Convento das freiras Grilas, Beato, Lisboa) transformed into a military facility of baking bread…
Found at Heathfield Fire Clay Works. Note the thumbprint to the top right which has slightly deformed the ‘S’. Heathfield Fireclay Works, Heathfield, Lanarkshire. Alternative brickworks include: Cardowan Fireclay Works, Lanarkshire. .
Found at the Heathfield Fireclay Works, Garnkirk. Note the thumbprint to the top right, partly obscuring the ‘D’. Heathfield Fireclay Works, Garnkirk. . . .
Found at the Heathfield Fireclay Works. Note the thumbprint to the top right. Heathfield Fireclay Works, Garnkirk. . . .
Found at the Heathfield Fireclay Works. Note the thumbprint to the bottom left. Heathfield Fireclay Works, Garnkirk. . . . Below – Note the thumbprint to the bottom left and the upturned ‘A’. Found at the same location.
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,…
This unmarked red clay brick was found by Ian Suddaby and is interesting for several reasons. Ian states:- Below – 1852 – 1853 – What appears to be a row of Gunpowder Mills are shown in 1853 alongside the Gore Water at Gorebridge in Midlothian, Scotland. Down in the river, an impressive sandstone wall with…
