Scotland's Brick and Tile Manufacturing Industry

Found by Ian Suddaby on Shetland. This example is not in my possession. Errol Brick and Tile Works, Inchcoonans, Dundee. . . .  

Found by Ian Suddaby in the Fife area. This example is not in my possession. Errol Brick and Tile Works, Inchcoonans, Dundee. . . .

Found by John Philip at Drybridge, Buckie. I am not in possession of this example. Errol Brick and Tile Works, Inchcoonans, Dundee. . . .

(Note – SBH – I am not certain as to which exact location William Miller made bricks. There is a reference to him an address of Wardhead, Errol. If this is where the brickworks were situated then the works could actually be the Errol Brickworks.). Below – 28/08/1856 – Perthshire Advertiser – Advert for William…

Found by Andrew Gemmell in the Cadder area of Glasgow. Errol Brick and Tile Works, Inchcoonans, Dundee. 16/03/2015 – Graham Douglas, co-author of Survey of Scottish brickmarks 1985 relates the following: –  When carrying out a visit to the Inchcoonan/Errol works in c.1985 I was told an anecdote regarding Inchcoonan drainage tiles. The works used…

Found by Ian Suddaby in Forfar. The drain is located 1m underground. Errol Brick and Tile Works, Inchcoonans, Dundee . . .

Found by Ian Suddaby in Forfar. Errol Brick and Tile Works, Inchcoonans, Dundee . . . .

Source Perth & Kinross Council Archive – They state … We have some letters from the Dundee Brick & Tile Co, Errol to a firm in Derby, 1936-1938 (MS240). 16/11/1936 – Letter from The Dundee Brick & Tile Co Ltd to Bennet & Sayer Ltd regarding production contract and number of bricks per hour. 18/11/1936 –…

Found at Errol brick works, Dundee Errol Brick and Tile Works, Inchcoonans, Dundee This appears to be a broken roof pantile . .

Found by Pru Kennard in the Auchterarder, Perth area. Inchcoonans AD 1957. Errol Brick and Tile Works, Inchcoonans, Dundee. . . Below – 11″ long x 4 1/2″ high x 3 1/2″ wide in middle  x 2 1/2″ wide at base. .