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.
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The Gartcraig bricks were found strewn along the beach. Among them were these Hotspur bricks. Could they possibly be products of Henry Foster at his Hotspur Brickworks, Backworth, Newcastle, England.
Below – Photographs showing the remains of structures on site and the brick strewn beach.
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Found By Sue Butterworth. It was dug up in her garden at Bolwarra which is close to Maitland, Morpeth, Newcastle in New South Wales Australia. Glenboig Union Fireclay Company, Glenboig, Lanarkshire. Alternative brickworks include: Glenboig Star Fireclay Works, Glenboig, Lanarkshire. Glenboig Fireclay Works, (Old Works) Glenboig, Lanarkshire .
Found Bonnyside, Bonnybridge. Gartcraig Fire Clay Works, By Millerston, Glasgow . . . .
Found Bonnyside, Bonnybridge. Gartcraig Fire Clay Works, By Millerston, Glasgow. . . . .
Found by Guillermo Dubosc on the banks of the River Uruguay, City of Salto, Uruguay. Gartcraig Fire Clay Works, By Millerston, Glasgow. . . . .
Found by Bob Trlin on the Cocos Islands, Australia. Jas Goldie & Son, Shawfield Toll, Glasgow, 1884 2019 – Bob states “We have just returned from the Cocos Islands located in the Indian Ocean half way between Perth and Sri Lanka. The Islands were settled in 1827 by the Clunies-Ross family and run as a copra…
Below – 28/11/1874 – Ardrossan and Saltcoats Herald – The Cape Finisterre – A novel cargo – During the past week good deal of local interest has been felt in this new ship, loading here for Tasmania. The “Cape Finisterre” has been bnilt for Messrs Abram Lyle & Sons, of Greenock, Messrs Thomas Wingate &…
Found by William Martinson on Robben Island, Near Cape Town, South Africa. The island was used as a leper colony and to isolate political prisoners such as Nelson Mandela and Jacob Zuma. Gartcraig Fire Clay Works, By Millerston, Glasgow. . . .
Found during an archaeology dig, Ravenswood, North Queensland, Australia. Photograph by kind permission of Dave Parkhill. Ravenswood is a small mining town and locality in the Charters Towers Region, Queensland, Australia. After the discovery of gold in 1868 through to the early 1900s, the township flourished and grew to nearly 5000 residents and boasted 48 hotels. Several…
This brick is in the possession of Jimmy Dobson in the USA. It was found in a river in New Hampshire, USA. Allan & Mann, Port Eglinton, Glasgow. Alternative brickworks include: Rutherglen Pottery, Glasgow. Mallsmire Works, Myrtle Park, Crosshill, Glasgow.
This brick is in the possession of the Rottnest Island Museum. Many thanks to Wendy Bradshaw for the photograph. J & M Craig, Perceton Fire Clay Works Kilmarnock. . . . .
