Scotland's Brick Manufacturing Industry

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. . . . .

This brick was found in Iceland and photographed by Halldora Blair. Gartcosh Fireclay Works and  Gartcosh Silica & Fire Clay Works, Glasgow . . . .

G & A Scotland or possibly C & A Scotland. Found on the shores of the Northumberland Strait near  Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada by Natacha Soliman. The maker is unidentified. The brickmark would suggest Scottish origins but … There is the distinct possibility that this fire brick was manufactured in Scotland for an overseas…

The following Scottish bricks are in a collection held by Craig Powell. Craig lives in Merredin, Western Australia. Below – A Nettle stamped brick. This is a product of John G Stein. This brick was found in the Swan River smack in the middle of Perth. An area that was reclaimed riverside land that had…

This brick was found by Mike Whalen. It was found on the banks of the Black River, close to Middleton, off of Allen Lake Road.  It is possibly an old mill site. Gartcraig Fire Clay Works, By Millerston, Glasgow. . . . .  

Found by Craig Zderich and Leslie Bell. Craig states ” The bricks were found 4 hours north of Kalgoorlie at an old mine site called Bellevue the mine has a very old history dating back to 1860s. There was a town just over the road that does not exist anymore called Sir Samuel which, in…

The following photograph was forwarded by Claudio A. Vergara Melian a Restorative Architect in Chile. The brick was found during excavations on a large house was located in the gardens of Palacio Vergara Vina del Mar, Chile. It is dated c. 1870. Claudio states ” I think they were used for a furnace to work…

The following bricks (and other similar examples) were found in a fireplace by Ilya Malcow during the renovation of an old slaughterhouse, meat processing plant in Moscow. The building dates from around 1880 – 1910. Glenboig Union Fireclay Company, Glenboig, Lanarkshire. Alternative brickworks include: Glenboig Star Fireclay Works, Glenboig, Lanarkshire. Glenboig Fireclay Works, (Old Works)…

Details of the following bricks have been forwarded by Eion Ross who lives in Oamaru, South Island, New Zealand. Eion states ” These bricks were found lying around the town, and I think they were from the local retorts which were demolished in the 1980s. The original gas works were built in the 1870s and rebuilt nearby 1939-40. I…