Found at Glengarnock Iron Works, Beith.
Campbell & Co, Firebrick Manufacturers, Roughcastle Brick Works, Falkirk.
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Many thanks to Cris Pasquali for the following photographs and information. Cris states ” I found these bricks in the Northern part of my city Rosario (Province of Santa Fe) on the coast of the Parana River. From the late nineteenth century to the mid twentieth century, railway, port and industrial activities were developed in…
Found by Gordon Wyle at Greenhill, Bonnybridge. Roughcastle Firebrick Works, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire. . . . .
This Forth brick was found and photographed by Ze’ev Erlich and Shay Shemesh. It was found in a ruined furnace or kiln near Sde Ilan, northern Israel. It was most likely a lime kiln. Roughcastle Firebrick Works, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire. . . . . .
Found near Falkirk. Campbell & Co Falkirk, Roughcastle Fireclay Works, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire. The stamps may be the same with the angled example possibly being distorted during firing. . . .
Photographed by Angela Henry. These bricks line a fireplace at Angela’s house in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. The house was built c. 1960. Roughcastle Firebrick Works, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire. . . . . . . .
Found by Craig Muirhead on 17/09/2012. Craig is a keen scuba diver and was diving on the wreck of the SS Politician. She lies just off Calbhaigh Rock in the Sound of Eriskay, Scotland in very shallow water. The brick was found in one of the ships boilers and there were several other ‘Forth’ bricks…
Vulcan brick – this has no frog unlike my own partial example. Campbell & Co, Roughcastle Fireclay Works, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire. This is not in my possession. This could be an American example as I believe sucha marked brick was made there but this is still to be determined. . .
17/10/1949 – The Glasgow Herald – Murder weapon believed to have been found with regards the murder of Mary Terris , a Roughcastle brickworks employee. . . . . . . 26/07/1958 – The Glasgow Herald – Man’s confession about 1949 murder at Roughcastle brickworks, Falkirk is doubted. 25/04/2010 – Deadline – Murder of…
This partial was found at Roughcastle Brick Works, Falkirk and I believe it should read ‘Vulcan’. Campbell & Co, Roughcastle Fireclay Works, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire. . . . . Below – Vulcan brick found in Barbados
This Phenix was found at the Terally Tile Works along side ‘Forth’s and a baby ‘Campbell’ firebrick. See the reference below which states that Campbells manufactured Phoenix bricks along side Forths etc. I appreciate the spelling is different – unknown if by mistake or design but because it was found alongside other Campbell products then…
