Photograph depicted in a book entitled “And so we graft from six to six” by Warwick Gemmell.
This brick was found in New South Wales, Australia.
I am not in possession of this brick.
Robert Brown & Son, Ferguslie Fire Clay Works, Paisley.
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This brick was found in Iceland and photographed by Halldora Blair. Glenboig Union Fireclay Company, Glenboig, Lanarkshire. Alternative brickworks include: Glenboig Star Fireclay Works, Glenboig, Lanarkshire. Glenboig Fireclay Works, (Old Works) Glenboig, Lanarkshire .
Found in St Petersburg, Russia by Vladimir Smirnov and most generously repatriated back to Scotland. A wonderful donation. Bonnyrigg Fire Clay Works, Bonnyrigg, Mid Lothian – Robertson, Love & Co. . . . .
Found by Ian Suddaby on the River North Esk, Dalkeith. Robert Brown & Son, Ferguslie Fireclay Works, Paisley, Renfrewshire The LTD on the end of the frog is unusually positioned and in mirror image. The brick has also been modified to allow a shaft, Water pipe, electrical conduit or metal bar to pass through it….
Found by Jocelyn Decoste In Motreal , Canada. Jocelyn states ” I found it myself at my home in Cartierville, Montreal, Canada. The brick was in the backyard under the balcony with other extra brick from the house, which was built in 1949. Cartierville was part of the village of Saint-Laurent on the island of Montreal…
Found by Chris Merritt at the site of the Huron Copper Mines, Upper Peninsula, Michigan. J & M Craig, Perceton Fire Clay Works Kilmarnock. . . . .
Found by Robert H.J. Shears at Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada. Robert states – “I am an archaeologist conducting artifact research following a mitigation project on the site of an 1840’s period jail house in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada. A yellow clay brick stamped with ‘Calder’ was recovered among other late-nineteenth to mid-twentieth C material…
This brick was found by Ruth Boudreau while out ‘sea glassing’ on the shores of Lockman’s Beach,in Sydney Mines,Cape Breton Island,Nova Scotia ,Canada. Milnquarter Fireclay & Gannister Works, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire. Alternative brickworks include: Stein, Castlecary Fireclay Works, Castlecary, Stirlingshire. Stein, Manuel Firebrick and Refractory Works, Whitecross, Stirlingshire. Stein & Co, Anchor Brickworks, Denny, Stirlingshire.
Photographed by David Ivey. The bricks were used to build O’Hara’s Battery, Gibralta. O’Hara’s Battery is an artillery battery in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. It is located at the highest point of the Rock of Gibraltar, near the southern end of the Upper Rock Nature Reserve, in close proximity to Lord Airey’s Battery. Information. Etna…
Found by Erin Dippel at Gaspe, Quebec, Canada. This was once a WW2 Naval Base. It is uncertain what, if anything was on this site prior to the Naval Base. The name of the beach is called “Boom Defence Gartcraig Fire Clay Works, By Millerston, Glasgow. . . . . The Gartcraig bricks were found strewn along…
Found by Darrian Borick, heritage management post graduate student in Australia at the University of Queensland. Darrian was on a field trip in North Queensland at a regional town called Ravenswood (a 19th century gold mining town). The bricks in the attached photo are located in a pathway to the house (no longer standing) of L Wilson…
