Scotland's Brick Manufacturing Industry

Found by Eddie Mclean in the Glasgow area. Morningside Fireclay Works, Wishaw, Lanarkshire. . . . .

Found in Glasgow Morningside Fireclay Works, Wishaw, Lanarkshire . . . .

Foundin Falkirk Morningside Fireclay Works, Wishaw, Lanarkshire. . . . . Below – The same stamp on an elongated arch brick.  

Details and photograph have been forwarded by Carlotta Bigagli. Morningside Fireclay Works, Wishaw, Lanarkshire During recent urban archaeological excavations inside an historical palace in Firenze, commissioned by the Provincia di Firenze and directed by the SoprintendenzaArcheologia, Belle Arti e Paesaggio per la Città Metropolitana di Firenze e le province di Pistoia e Prato. The house…

Found by Willie Guthrie onn the foreshore of Loch Lomond in Balloch Country Part, West Dumbartonshire. Morningside Fireclay Works, Wishaw, Lanarkshire. So does anyone know what Altos stands for? . . .   Below – A near perfect example found in St Petersburg, Russia    

Morningside Fireclay Works, Newmains, Lanarkshire 1862 – Morningside Brickworks – Newmains, Motherwell – Gavin Pettigrew. 1868 – Morningside Brickworks – Newmains, Motherwell   – Loudon and Russell 1893 – Batmigg or Batonrigg Mine  – Morningside Coal Co, 101 St Vincent Street, Glasgow . Coal and fire clay mined. James Goldie Manager 1896 – Morningside Mine  – Morningside…

The photos of these bricks were kindly forwarded by Cristina Pasquali an  archaeologist and coordinator of the project , the forest and its people. They were found in Tartagal, Provincia De Santa Fe, Argentina. Facebook page  – (Translation ) – The Forestry Project and Peoples is based in the Centre for the Study of Historical Archaeology, Faculty…

Found Coltness Iron Works, Newmains. Morningside Fireclay Works, Wishaw, Lanarkshire . . . . .  

Found Kennishead, Glasgow Large floor tile / slab with the brickmark on a curve Morningside Fireclay Works, Wishaw, Lanarkshire . . .

Found by William Harrison in the Airdrie area. A cracking find – Willie thinks it is a sample brick and I do believe he may be  correct as its only 2 1/4 ” long  – even baby firebricks are normally slightly larger than this. Morningside Fireclay Works, Wishaw, Lanarkshire . . .