Ignis brick found in Argentina
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Gartcraig brick found in Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia
Gartcraig brick found in Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia by Estelle Roberts.
Estelle states ” I’m not sure of the history but it was in a pathway out the back in the garden. The home I now live in was built 1889, there are extensive fireplaces. May have been furnace. I have been told the land around us was once cattle yards”.
Gartcraig Fire Clay Works, By Millerston, Glasgow
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