Found by Robert Stewart in High Blantyre.
Omoa Fire Clay Works, Cleland, Motherwell.
This example has a chamfer to one corner.
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Below – Note the similar shaped kiss mark on underside brick where similar bricks were stacked during firing in the kiln.
Lee Terracotta Works, Braidwood, Carluke, Lanarkshire. Canmore The Lee works faced difficulty at the outset of operations and were seemingly short-lived. They were operated by the Lee Terracotta Company or the Scottish Terracotta Company (sometimes the Scottish Terracotta and Metallic Brick Co). Mark Hurll transported raw material from Carluke, and the Lee Terracotta Works were…
The Barracks, Stirling aka Armament Depot aka Railway Company Stores. Canmore A rectangular stone-built two-storey building, slated roof. End and central bays advanced, central bay with topped with ball finials. Loading doors in the upper storey. Referred to locally as the French Barracks. Forthside estate was sold to the British Army in 1864, upon the…
Found in Carluke by George Kennedy Omoa Fire Clay Works, Cleland, Motherwell . . . .
Found by George Kennedy in Carluke Omoa Fire Clay Works, Cleland, Motherwell. . . . .
Found by Eddie Mclean in the Glasgow area. Omoa Fire Clay Works, Cleland, Motherwell. . . . .
Found at the Scottish Terracotta Brickworks, Carluke The 2 sections are from different bricks. Note the very deep frog. Omoa Fire Clay Works, Cleland, Motherwell . . .
Omoa Fire Clay Works, Cleland. 18/07/1814 – Caledonian Mercury – Omoa Ironworks for sale – The lease of the mines and minerals is current for 40 years from 15/02/1789 and the lands thereby let contain inexhaustible fields of coal, level free with extensive beds of ironstone and plenty of fire clay of the best quality…
Found in Carluke. Omoa Fire Clay Works, Cleland, Motherwell. . . . . Below – a red fired version of the same brickmark found by Jeannie Cooper in Broughty Ferry, Dundee
Found in the Carluke area. Omoa Fire Clay Works, Cleland, Motherwell. . . . .
Found by George Kennedy in the Carluke area. Omoa Fire Clay Works, Cleland, Motherwell. This example is a blue clay product. . . . Below – The same stamp on a red clay example found at The Barracks, Stirling.
