Found in Glenboig.
Gartverrie Fireclay Works, Glenboig.
The fireclay mine near Gartverrie was called Ramoan or Rawmoan.
I imagine ‘Roman’ is a variation of the above.
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Gartverrie Roman
There are countless references to brick and tile prices within individual pages on my website but the articles recorded here are more generic in nature. 26/07/1892 – Clyde Bill of Entry and Shipping List – Glasgow fire brick prices. Glenboig Union Fireclay Co Ltd:- ‘Star’ Glenboig bricks per 1000 – 55s Glenboig bricks per 1000…
Found by Tucker Kennedy at Port Glasgow, Glasgow. I am reliably informed by members of the Glenboig community that this is a Gartverrie brick (GV). The same shortcut with regards the name us used in Garnqueen, Glenboig (GQ). It is a poor quality cement building brick with what looks like, a high sand content. They…
Found in Glenboig. I am reliably informed by members of the Glenboig community that this is a Gartverrie brick (GV). The same shortcut with regards the name us used in Garnqueen, Glenboig (GQ). It is a poor quality cement building brick with what looks like, a high sand content. They state they were a ‘nightmare’…
Below – 25/05/1886 – The Scotsman – The International Exhibition Edinburgh – Granolithic is a form of high-grade concrete ‘invented’ by Stuart and Co, Edinburgh. Note the reference to Prestongrange Coal and Fire Brick Company, Glenboig Fire Clay Company, Garterrie (Gartverrie) Fireclay Company, James Dougall & Sons Bonnybridge, James Brown Glasgow, Robert Brown & Son…
Gartverrie Brickworks, Glenboig, Coatbridge, North Lanarkshire aka Gartverie. 12/01/1855 – Glasgow Herald – Royal Patriotic Fund, Lanarkshire – John McDonald, Gartverrie Brickworks £1. 10/06/1856 – Inverness Courier – 19/06/1856 – Deaths – At Bridge of Allan on the 10th inst, Mr John MacDonald of Gartverie Fire Clay Works. 25/06/1856 – Glasgow Herald – Notice to…
Found at Dumbarton by DH. Note the thumb print above the ‘RIE’ Gartverrie Fireclay Works, Glenboig. . . .
Found flytipping pile, Glenboig This example is spelt with a single ‘R’ – why? Note the thumb print to bottom left. Gartverrie Fireclay Works, Glenboig, Lanarkshire. . . .
