Gartcraig Patent Glasgow
— 10/10/2018Found by Eddie McLean in the Glasgow area. Gartcraig Fire Clay Works, By Millerston, Glasgow. . . . .
Gartcraig bricks found at Gaspe, Quebec, Canada.
— 21/07/2018 Comments Off on Gartcraig bricks found at Gaspe, Quebec, Canada. 25Found 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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