Found by Ian Suddaby at the old Atlas and Etna Brickworks site, Bathgate.
This example is not in my possession.
Ian states – An interesting special shape which might have been part of a kiln. Although a bit irregular, it’s 350mm long, 150mm wide and 150mm tall.
Stamped on the side are L10 and DB2. At a guess, L10 shows where it went in the structure during its assembly.
Other ‘DB’ stamps are associated with the Douglas Fireclay Works, Dalry, Ayrshire, so this may also be a Douglas product.
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Found on the site of the Jenny Lind Brickworks, adjacent to the Ravenscraig Steelworks, Lanarkshire. Note the ‘2’ is set within a triangle shape. John Bramall has pointed out that this is likely to stand for Morgan Refractories Ltd, a division of Morgan Crucible Ltd. They used a ‘triangle’ emblem as a trademark. Morgan Crucible…
Found by Jason Stott around Oldham, England. This example is not in my possession. Douglas Fireclay Works, Dalry, Ayrshire. . . .
Found by Pat and Janet Railsback in Ireland. Douglas Fireclay Works, Dalry, Ayrshire. . . . .
Found by Pat and Janet Railsback in the Republic of Ireland. Douglas Fireclay Works, Dalry, Ayrshire. . . . .
Monkcastle Fireclay Mine, Dalry, North Ayrshire aka High Monkcastle. Canmore Douglas Works used local fireclay mined from Langside at Galston, Smithstone at Kilwinning and Monkcastle, which was the last of these local mines to supply fireclay to the works. After Monkcastle stopped supplying the works in 1981, raw materials for production had to be brought…
Found by Ian Suddaby in the Aberdeen area. This is not in my possession. Douglas Fireclay Works, Dalry, Ayrshire. . . .
The following bricks were found by Benita Bond in Nova Scotia, Canada. All the bricks were found at Lochmans Beach in Sydney Mines, Nova Scotia with the exception of the Dougall brick which was found on Florence Front Beach. Glenboig Union Fireclay Company, Glenboig, Lanarkshire. Glenboig Star Fireclay Works, Glenboig, Lanarkshire. Douglas Fireclay Works, Dalry,…
Found by Eddie McLean in the Glasgow area. Douglas Fireclay Works, Dalry, Ayrshire . . . .
Found by Eddie McLean in the Glasgow area. Douglas Fireclay Works, Dalry, Ayrshire. . . . .
Whiterigg Fireclay Mine, East Whitburn, West Lothian aka Whitrigg? This mine was initially owned by the Flemington Coal Company. 1947 – The mine found new owners in James Dougall and Sons per Boyd Mitchell. James Dougall and Sons used about have the clay mined and the rest was sold to the Douglas Firebrick Company. c. 1970 –…
