Scotland's Brick Manufacturing Industry

Found at Armadale. Barbauchlaw Brickworks, West Lothian. . . . .

Found by Ian Suddaby in the Edinburgh area. Barbauchlaw Brickworks, West Lothian. . . . Below – Stamped 10 to the rear. This would denote the degree of curve on this circle brick. .

Found by Ian Suddaby in the Edinburgh area. Barbauchlaw Brickworks, West Lothian. . . . Below – Stamped 8 to the rear. This would denote the degree of curve on this circle brick. .

Found in Bathville, West Lothian. Barbauchlaw Brick Works, Armadale, West Lothian. . . . .

Found by Eddie McLean in the Glasgow area. Gateside Brickworks, Cambuslang, Lanarkshire . . . . .

23/09/1899 – Airdrie and Coatbridge Advertiser –  Serious accident – At South Broadrigg Brickwork, Blackridge, on Thursday afternoon, Hugh Maxwell, about 22, while in the act of oiling the teethed wheels of the brickmaking machine, got caught by the clothes and dragged in such a way as to sustain severe injuries about the lower part of…

Found in the Ayrshire area by John (Ian) Jones, Ayrshire. Skares Brick Works, Skares, East Ayrshire. . . . .

Found by Eddie Mclean in the Glasgow area. Gartshore Brickworks, Kilsyth. . . . .

Found by Eddie Mclean in the Glasgow area. NCB stands for National Coal Board  which ran many brick works in Scotland between 1947 and 1969. Usually the NCB is stamped alongside the brick works name eg NCB Whitehill or NCB Gartshore but here we just have NCB – so which brick works does this belong…

Barbauchlaw Brick Works, East Main Street, Armadale, West Lothian. (Note – SBH – During research the Armadale Brickworks are often referred to. I believe such will relate to the Barbauchlaw Brickworks and as such I will reference them here. I will also add any information here that solely relates to Robert Muir without specific reference…