Dykehead Bonnybridge brick found in Denmark
— 14/01/2021Found by Asger Christiansen at Tybrind, Denmark. Dykehead Fire Clay Works, Bonnybridge, Falkirk. . . . .
Hurll BL Crown brick found in Amotfors, Sweden.
Found by Magnus Eriksson in Amotfors, Sweden ” It may have been a building at the place long ago or maybe it’s just a place where they dumped construction material. This factory is from 1896 and been rebuilt many times, maybe there was another factory here before that. The paper mill is located in a small village in the West of Sweden, almost on the Norwegian border and it’s called Åmotfors.”
Garnqueen Fireclay Works, Glenboig, Lanarkshire.
Alternative brickworks include:
- Gartliston Fireclay Works, Glenboig, Lanarkshire.
Building bricks at Garscadden Works, Drumchapel.
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