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Articles on hollow bricks
— 17/10/2020

(Note – SBH – Some of the sentence construction and grammar makes reading the following a
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Afton 74
— 07/07/2020

Found by Paddy and Daisy MacDonald in the New Cumnock area. This example is not in my possession. Dated
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Afton 73
— 07/07/2020

Found by Paddy and Daisy MacDonald in the New Cumnock area. This example is not in my possession. Dated
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Unmarked cored brick
— 07/07/2020

Found by Drew Mitchell on the site of the old Lassodie Brickworks. Lassodie appears never to have stamped
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WBC N10
— 22/08/2019

Found by Ian Suddaby near Dalkeith. This example is not in my possession. Wemyss Brick Co. Various works
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WBC A52
— 22/08/2019

Found by Ian Suddaby near Musselburgh. This example is not in my possession. Wemyss Brick Co. Various
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WBC B6
— 22/08/2019

Found by Ian Suddaby near Musselburgh. This example is not in my possession. Wemyss Brick Co. Various
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Centurion 240690
— 28/05/2019

Found by Ian Suddaby in Aberdeenshire. Centurion Brickworks, Bishopbriggs, East Dunbartonshire owned
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GISCOL
— 07/05/2019

Found on the old site previously occupied by Giscol when they took over the Etna Brickworks, Bathville,
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Steetley Bricks
— 20/01/2019

Found near High Blantyre. In 1981, Steetley Ltd (An English firm) bought over the Etna brickworks, West
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Centurion 181290
— 02/01/2019

Found by Ian Suddaby in Whitehaven, Cumbria Centurion Brickworks, Bishopbriggs, East Dunbartonshire
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WBC F50
— 10/08/2018

Found Seafield, Edinburgh. Wemyss Brick Co. Various works in the Aberhill, Denbeath and Methil areas
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Cored brick with lifting tool marks.
— 07/04/2018

Found at Dryburgh Farm, Scottish Borders. Manufacturer unknown. 2 bricks that have 12 square holes running
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The Hothouse at Ramshead Walled Garden, Caldwell House, Uplawmoor, East Renfrewshire
— 24/12/2016

Many thanks to Anthony Shaw. The Hothouse at Ramshead Walled Garden, Caldwell House, Uplawmoor, East
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Cored brick with lifting tool marks
— 26/10/2016

This was found by Ian Suddaby on the River Nith, Rosefield Mills, Dumfries. Several other similarly marked
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Dalbeattie Brickworks, Dalbeattie, Kirkcudbrightshire
— 28/07/2016

Dalbeattie Brickworks, Dalbeattie, Kirkcudbrightshire aka Munches Brick and Tile Works. The flood plain
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Cored and tapered
— 24/02/2016

These were found by Tom Slaven in the Fife area. All 3 bricks are ‘related’ in shape, colour,
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Cored brick with lifting tool marks
— 24/02/2016

This brick was found at Dundee. It is cored and I have absolutely no idea who made it. I have saved it
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Carty Tileworks, Carty Port, Penninghame, Wigtownshire
— 13/02/2016

Carty Tileworks, Carty Port, Penninghame, Wigtownshire Canmore Carty Tile Works, Wigtownshire Carty Tileworks
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Terally Brick and Tile Works, Terally, Wigtownshire
— 02/12/2015

Canmore Terally Brick and Tile Works, Terally, Logan, Dumfries and Galloway. Terally Brick and Tile Works
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Blackpots Tileworks, Whitehills, Banff, Banffshire
— 13/10/2015

Blackpots Tileworks, Whitehills, Banff. Canmore Images These small brick and tile works are situated
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Afton 68 Thistle
— 14/07/2015

Found Barrhead, Glasgow I assume this would read ‘Afton 68 Thistle’ (1968) Afton Brickworks,
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Afton 69
— 06/07/2015

Found Carluke. Afton Brickworks, New Cumnock, Ayrshire or the Afton Brickworks, Avonbridge. (1969) .
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K & C
— 06/07/2015

Found Helensburgh Round ended frog – 3 cores Keir & Cawder, Bishopbriggs Works, Glasgow.
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WBC F35
— 10/04/2015

Found by Tam Moffett in Fife. Wemyss Brick Co. Various works in the Aberhill, Denbeath and Methil areas
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Culloden Brick and Tile Works, Aberdeen Road, Lower Cullernie, Culloden, Inverness-shire
— 26/03/2015

With regards to this page, special thanks go to William Anderson and Alison Wilkie both of the Inverness
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Afton 1963
— 09/10/2014

Found at Old Kilpatrick, Glasgow Afton Brickworks, New Cumnock, Ayrshire or the Afton Brickworks, Avonbridge.
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Unidentified Cored brick
— 23/09/2014

Unidentified brick however find location would suggest Scottish origins but… 48 ‘square’
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Cruden Bay Brickworks, Cruden, Aberdeenshire
— 14/08/2014

Cruden Bay is a small village located in Scotland, on the north coast of the Bay of Cruden in Aberdeenshire,
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Unidentified cored brick 086KC89B
— 08/07/2014

Found Granton, Firth of Firth. Unidentified cored brick. It is possibly stamped 086KC89B. . . .
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