Scotland's Brick and Tile Manufacturing Industry

Found by Geoff Hancock in the Strathaven area. Sanquhar and Kirkconnel Collieries Ltd. Fauldhead Colliery Brickworks, Kirkconnel. . . .

(Note – SBH – This page should be read in conjunction with the pages dedicated to the Sanquhar Brick and Tile Works and the Buccleuch Terracotta Works) Coal has been mined in the Sanquhar and Kirkconnel area since earliest times.  In the late 1700s the Duke of Queensberry began to develop the coalfields on his…

Found at Guardsbridge, Fife. Sanquhar and Kirkconnel Collieries Ltd. Buccleuch Terra Cotta Works, Sanquhar, Dumfriesshire. . . .    

Found Buccleuch Brickworks, Sanquhar. Sanquhar and Kirkconnel Collieries Ltd. Fauldhead Colliery Brickworks, Kirkconnel. . . .  

Found Buccleuch Brickworks, Sanquhar. Sanquhar and Kirkconnel Collieries Ltd. Possibly manufactured at the Fauldhead Colliery Brickworks, Kirkconnel. . . .

Found Wanlockhead area. Fauldhead Colliery Brickworks, Kirkconnel, Dumfriesshire. . . . .    

Found at Kirkconnel. Fauldhead Colliery Brickworks, Kirkconnel, Dumfriesshire Fauldhead Colliery at Kirkconnel was easily the largest pit in Dumfriesshire. A brickworks was opened here in 1912 by Sanquhar & Kirkconnel Collieries Limited. The National Coal Board took over in 1947 and the works remained in production until a few years after the closure of the…