Scotland's Brick Manufacturing Industry

Vladimir Smirnov writes:- The bricks were found by Eugeny Filinsky in Abkhazia, Gagra city. It is a resort at the coast of the Black Sea. Bricks were found in chimneys and fireplaces during restoration works in the Palace of Duke Alexander Oldenburg (1904). Forth – Roughcastle Firebrick Works, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire. Mac Brand – Manufacturer unknown…

Many thanks to Cris Pasquali for the following photographs and information. Cris states ” I found these bricks in the Northern part of my city Rosario (Province of Santa Fe) on the coast of the Parana River. From the late nineteenth century to the mid twentieth century, railway, port and industrial activities were developed in…

This Forth brick was found and photographed by Ze’ev Erlich and Shay Shemesh. It was found in a ruined furnace or kiln near Sde Ilan, northern Israel. It was most likely a lime kiln. Roughcastle Firebrick Works, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire. . . . . .

Found near Falkirk. Campbell & Co Falkirk,  Roughcastle Fireclay Works, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire. The stamps may be the same with the angled example possibly being distorted during firing. . . .  

Forth bricks found in Zikhron Ya’akov, Israel by Tal Ben Zion. Roughcastle Firebrick Works, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire. . . .   . . Below – Google map of the general area of the find site.

Photographed by Angela Henry. These bricks line a fireplace at Angela’s house in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. The house was built c. 1960. Roughcastle Firebrick Works, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire. . . . . . . .

Found by Craig Muirhead on 17/09/2012. Craig is a keen scuba diver and was diving on the wreck of the SS Politician. She lies just off Calbhaigh Rock in the Sound of Eriskay, Scotland in very shallow water. The brick was found in one of the ships boilers and there were several other ‘Forth’ bricks…

Photographs and information courtesy of Stuart Harrison. “There is an old sugar mill in southern Mauritius (Bel Ombre) which has been redeveloped as a small shopping mall. A nice touch is that they have used some of the original mill’s bricks as paving in the new centre.” . . . Glenboig A1 Calder Bonnybridge Brand…

Forth and Thistle bricks in Jamaica. Photographed in situ by Ailsa Henderson. The bricks made up a pathway around the Distillery Buildings at the Appleton Rum estate In Jamaica. The Forth and Thistle bricks are both firebricks and will have been used at the distilleries or possibly at any local sugar refinery plant. . .

Found by Doug Douglas at Shingle Bay, Pender Island, BC, Canada. Forth – Roughcastle Firebrick Works, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire Gartcraig Fire Clay Works, By Millerston, Glasgow The Forth bricks were found  at one time a small sea port. It was called Shingle Bay. There appears to have been a fish processing plant there at one time…..