Scotland's Brick Manufacturing Industry

Found at Castlecary Fireclay & Lime Works,Castlecary (Weir) Castlecary Fireclay & Lime Works,Castlecary, Stirlingshire. . . . .

Found in the Dullatur,North Lanarkshire  area. Castlecary Fireclay & Lime Works,Castlecary, Stirlingshire. . . . .    

Found at Castlecary Fireclay & Lime Works, Castlecary (Weir) I believe this brickmark to say GEM IRR but it may say GEM 1 RR  – also note the difference in  size and shape of the last 2 ‘R’s Castlecary Fireclay & Lime Works, Castlecary, Stirlingshire. Now then – yet again I think this mark could relate…

Found at Castlecary Fireclay & Lime Works, Castlecary (Weir). Slightly different spacing to the letters. Castlecary Fireclay & Lime Works, Castlecary, Stirlingshire. . . .

Scottish bricks found by Enrique Kunz on the banks of the River ‘de la Plata’, in Buenos Aires City and surroundings Argentina. Several of these finds – FCCA and FCO,  support the theory of Scottish bricks being manufactured in Scotland for South American Railway Companies –  click me. . . . Below – Gartcraig. Below…

The following post is a result of initial information received from Enrique Kunz and thereafter further research to, I believe, prove a theory that the bricks below were made in Scotland for the South American Railways. I have found several bricks marked FCCA, FCCC, FCO, FCSO, FCS, FCC, FCP, FCBA and BAP. Some of these…

Found at Castlecary Fireclay & Lime Works, Castlecary. Castlecary Fireclay & Lime Works, Castlecary, Stirlingshire. FCAB – probably made for the South American railway network as per this link – Click me . . .

Found at Castlecary Fireclay & Lime Works,Castlecary. Castlecary Fireclay & Lime Works, Castlecary, Stirlingshire. . . . .

Found at Castlecary Fireclay & Lime Works, Castlecary. Castlecary Fireclay & Lime Works,Castlecary, Stirlingshire. . . . .

Found at Castlecary Fireclay & Lime Works, Castlecary. Castlecary Fireclay & Lime Works, Castlecary, Stirlingshire. FCSO – Probably made for the South American railway network as per this link – Click me . . .